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1996 SESSION

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HB 1355 Health professions; determination of death.

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

SUMMARY:

Health professions; determination of death. Authorizes registered nurses employed by a home health organization or a hospice to declare death under certain limited circumstances. The nurse must be involved directly in the patient's care, death must occur, and the following criteria must be met: (i) the patient was under the care of a doctor at the time of death, (ii) the doctor was unable to be present within a reasonable period of time to pronounce death, (iii) the death was anticipated, and (iv) there is an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order (EMSDNR). If the circumstances of the death are not anticipated or the death requires an investigation by the medical examiner, the nurse will have to notify the chief medical examiner and the body will not be released to the funeral director. The Board of Medicine is given authority to promulgate procedural regulations for this new nurse authority. The nurse will not be authorized to determine the cause of death; physicians will continue to hold this responsibility. In addition, the new language will not impose any obligation on any nurse to determine death. For the purposes of this law, "death" means that, based upon the ordinary standards of medical practice, there are no spontaneous respiratory and cardiac functions.

FULL TEXT

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 962138450  pdf
• 01/30/96  House: Committee substitute printed 967502450-H1  pdf
• 03/21/96  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1355ER)  pdf
• 05/01/96  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1028)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 962138450
• 01/22/96  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/23/96  House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 1
• 01/30/96  House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/96  House: Committee substitute printed 967502450-H1
• 01/31/96  House: Read first time
• 02/01/96  House: Read second time
• 02/01/96  House: Committee substitute agreed to 967502450-H1
• 02/01/96  House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 967502450-H1
• 02/02/96  House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/96  House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 02/02/96  House: Passed House (Block Vote) (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/96  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/02/96  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/96  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/96  Senate: Read first time
• 02/05/96  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/14/96  Senate: Assigned to Ed. & Health sub-committee: Health Professions
• 02/29/96  Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/96  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/96  Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/96  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/96  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 03/04/96  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 03/04/96  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/04/96  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/96  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/96  Senate: Rec. of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/96  Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/96  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/96  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/05/96  House: Placed on Calendar
• 03/06/96  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N)
• 03/06/96  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (94-Y 1-N)
• 03/21/96  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1355ER)
• 03/26/96  House: Enrolled
• 03/27/96  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/29/96  Senate: Signed by President
• 04/10/96  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/17/96  House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (98-Y 1-N)
• 04/17/96  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 1-N)
• 04/17/96  Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (36-Y 0-N)
• 04/17/96  Senate: VOTE: AGREE TO GOV'S RECOMM. (36-Y 0-N)
• 04/17/96  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/17/96  House: Reenrolled
• 04/17/96  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/17/96  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/17/96  House: Enacted, Chapter 1028 (effective 7/1/96)
• 05/01/96  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1028)