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2010 SESSION

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SB 82 Podiatry; testifying as an expert witness, definition of practice.

Introduced by: Janet D. Howell | 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 HB 723.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101328D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/28/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104757D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/12/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB82ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/13/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House amendments
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HISTORY

• 01/05/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101328D
• 01/05/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 01/28/10  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104757D-S1
• 01/28/10  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
• 01/28/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
• 02/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/10  Senate: Read second time
• 02/10/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104757D-S1
• 02/10/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB82S1
• 02/11/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/10  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/16/10  House: Read first time
• 02/16/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/17/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
• 02/22/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (11-Y 0-N)
• 02/26/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (18-Y 1-N)
• 03/02/10  House: Read second time
• 03/03/10  House: Read third time
• 03/03/10  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/03/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 03/03/10  House: Passed House with amendment (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/03/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE EMERGENCY (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/10  Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/10  Senate: Emergency clause added
• 03/12/10  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/12/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB82ER)
• 03/12/10  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/13/10  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/13/10  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 715 (effective 4/13/10)
• 04/13/10  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0715)