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2001 SESSION

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HB 2272 Health; verbal orders in hospitals.

Introduced by: James M. Shuler | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health; verbal orders in hospitals. Requires the regulations of the Board of Health for the licensure of hospitals to allow those hospital employees, designated in the medical staff bylaws or hospital policies and procedures, to accept emergency telephone and other verbal orders for medication or treatment for hospital patients from physicians and other persons lawfully authorized by state law to give patient orders. The verbal orders would have to be signed within a reasonable time, not to exceed 72-hours, by the person giving the order, or, if that person is not available within the 72-hour period, by another physician or person authorized to give orders.

FULL TEXT

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 015952936  pdf | impact statement
• 01/18/01  House: Printed as engrossed 015952936-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/19/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2272ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/22/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/10/01  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 015952936
• 01/10/01  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/15/01  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
• 01/16/01  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/amendment (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/17/01  House: Read first time
• 01/18/01  House: Read second time
• 01/18/01  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/18/01  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/18/01  House: Printed as engrossed 015952936-E
• 01/19/01  House: Read third time and passed House (95-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/01  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 01/19/01  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/22/01  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/22/01  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/08/01  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/01  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/01  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/01  Senate: Read third time
• 02/12/01  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/01  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/01  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2272ER)
• 02/21/01  House: Enrolled
• 02/22/01  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/22/01  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/20/01  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 463 (effective 7/1/01)
• 03/22/01  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0463)