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2022 SESSION
HB 1187 Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice.
Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency. Allows a health care practitioner licensed in another state or the District of Columbia who has submitted an application for licensure to the appropriate health regulatory board to temporarily practice for a period of 90 days pending licensure, provided that certain conditions are met. The bill directs the Board of Medicine to pursue reciprocity agreements with jurisdictions that surround the Commonwealth to streamline the application process in order to facilitate the practice of medicine. The bill requires the Department of Health Professions to annually report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions the number of out-of-state health care practitioners who have utilized the temporary authorization to practice pending licensure and have not subsequently been issued full licensure. The bill contains an emergency clause and is identical to SB 317.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency. Allows a health care practitioner licensed, certified, or registered in another state or the District of Columbia to practice in the Commonwealth for a period of up to 90 days provided certain conditions are met and provides that if such health care practitioner has applied for licensure, certification, or registration in the Commonwealth, the applicable health regulatory board shall expedite such application. The bill also requires the Department of Health Professions to pursue reciprocity agreements with jurisdictions that surround the Commonwealth to streamline the application process to facilitate the practice of medicine and to report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions the number of out-of-state health care practitioners who have utilized the temporary authorization created by the bill to practice in the Commonwealth pending licensure who have not subsequently been issued a full license to practice in the Commonwealth. The bill contains an emergency clause.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Out-of-state health care practitioners; temporary authorization to practice; licensure by reciprocity for physicians; emergency.