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1997 SESSION
HB 2444 Practitioners; continued competence requirements.
Introduced by: Gladys B. Keating | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Continued competence requirements. Authorizes the Board of Medicine to prescribe by regulation such requirements as may be necessary to ensure continued practitioner competence. The regulations may include continuing education, testing, and/or any other requirements. In promulgating the regulations, the Board will consider such factors as the need to promote ethical practice, an appropriate standard of care, patient safety, application of new medical technology, appropriate communication with patients, and knowledge of the changing health care systems. The Board is also authorized to approve persons who provide or accredit such programs. This provision reflects the recommendations of the Board of Medicine's Study of the Need for Requiring for Mandatory Continuing Medical Education pursuant to HJR 68 of 1996. The Board regulates many professions, with various needs for maintaining competence. Therefore, for some professions or subsets thereof, the Board may, for example, wish to require testing at intervals or hands-on experience; for other groups, the Board may decide to require continuing education or some other activity.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 977739320 pdf
- 02/13/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2444ER) pdf
- 03/17/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/20/97 House: Presented & ordered printed 977739320
- 01/20/97 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/97 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
- 01/23/97 House: Reported from H. W. I. (20-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/97 House: Read first time
- 01/27/97 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/97 House: Read third time and passed House (Block Vote) (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/97 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/97 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/29/97 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 1-N)
- 01/29/97 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/97 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/97 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/97 Senate: VOTE: CONST. READING DISPENSED (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/97 Senate: Read third time
- 02/10/97 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/97 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/97 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2444ER)
- 02/19/97 House: Enrolled
- 02/19/97 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/97 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/97 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 227 (effective 7/1/97)
- 03/17/97 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0227)