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2010 SESSION
HB 723 Podiatry; testifying as an expert witness, definition of practice.
Introduced by: Christopher K. Peace | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Health professions; practice of podiatry; expert witness. Clarifies that the practice of podiatry includes the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure or alleviation of physical conditions, diseases, pain, or infirmities of the human foot and ankle, including the medical, mechanical, and surgical treatment of the ailments of the human foot and ankle. The bill also provides that a podiatrist shall not be permitted to testify as an expert witness against a doctor or osteopath where such doctor or osteopath is a defendant in a medical malpractice case or medical malpractice review panel proceeding. The bill states that an emergency exists and that the bill is effective upon passage. This bill is identical to SB 82.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103589D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104823D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/10/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB723ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/13/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/10 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103589D
- 01/12/10 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/04/10 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/10 House: Committee substitute printed 10104823D-H1
- 02/04/10 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/10 House: Read first time
- 02/15/10 House: Read second time
- 02/15/10 House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104823D-H1
- 02/15/10 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB723H1
- 02/16/10 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/10 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/17/10 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/25/10 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/10 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/10 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/10 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/01/10 Senate: Amendment by Senator Howell agreed to
- 03/01/10 Senate: Emergency clause added
- 03/01/10 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/01/10 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/10 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/10 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/10 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION EMERGENCY (96-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/10 House: Enrolled
- 03/10/10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB723ER)
- 03/11/10 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/10 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/13/10 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 725 (effective 4/13/10)
- 04/13/10 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0725)