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2012 SESSION
SB 543 Surgery; definition and who may perform.
Introduced by: Stephen H. Martin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Definition of surgery. Defines "surgery" and provides that no person shall perform surgery unless he is (i) licensed by the Board of Medicine as a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (ii) licensed by the Board of Dentistry as a doctor of dentistry; (iii) jointly licensed by the Boards of Medicine and Nursing as a nurse practitioner; (iv) a physician assistant acting under the supervision of a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry; (v) a midwife performing episiotomies during childbirth; or (vi) acting pursuant to the orders and under the appropriate supervision of a licensed doctor of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, or dentistry. This bill is identical to HB 266.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/12 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12103024D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104697D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/13/12 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 12103024D
- 01/13/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/02/12 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104697D-S1
- 02/03/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/12 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/12 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/12 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104697D-S1
- 02/06/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB543S1
- 02/07/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/12 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/12 House: Read first time
- 02/13/12 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/16/12 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/12 House: Read second time
- 02/20/12 House: Read third time
- 02/20/12 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/20/12 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/12 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/12 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/12 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER)
- 02/22/12 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/22/12 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/12 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 124 (effective 7/1/12)
- 03/06/12 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0124)