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1996 SESSION

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HJ 157 Study; continuing medical education.

Introduced by: Anne G. Rhodes | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Study; need for requiring continuing medical education. Requests the Board of Medicine to study the need for requiring physicians of medicine and osteopathy to participate in continuing medical education, with special emphasis on medical ethics. In its study, the Board must examine common occurrences of ethical conflicts among doctors and their patients, such as "ghost surgery," and current medical school curricula, including any medical ethics courses or requirements or other means of instructing medical students concerning doctor/patient relationships and the many dilemmas facing physicians in this high technology age. The Board is directed to consult with medical ethicists, patients, physicians, medical school officials, and other health professionals.

FULL TEXT

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 961152430  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 961152430
• 01/22/96  House: Referred to Committee on Rules
• 01/25/96  House: Assigned to Rules sub-committee: 3
• 02/06/96  House: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (10-Y 0-N)