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1998 SESSION
HB 857 Practice of surgery.
Introduced by: Anne G. Rhodes | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Practice of surgery. Revises the provisions relating to the practice of interns and residents. This bill clarifies that (i) medical schools as well as hospitals and other organizations may employee interns and residents holding temporary licenses, (ii) the training received by interns and residents must be consistent with the requirements of the national accrediting agencies and the policies and procedures of the hospital, medical school or other organization operating a graduate medical education program, and (iii) interns and residents are only authorized to serve in the graduate medical education program while holding a temporary license for the length of the program. This bill requires the Board of Medicine to adopt guidelines concerning the ethical practice of surgeons and surgery interns and residents in hospitals or other organizations operating graduate medical education programs. These guidelines are not standards of care or regulations and are exempt from the requirements of the Administrative Process Act. The medical schools are required to cooperate with the Board in the development of the guidelines. The guidelines must include, but need not be limited to, matters relating to (i) obtaining informed consent, after the patient has been informed who will perform the surgery; (ii) the need, consistent with the informed consent, for the surgeon to be present during the procedure, except in emergencies and other unavoidable situations; and (iii) policies to avoid situations, unless the circumstances fall within an exception in the Board's guidelines or the policies of the relevant hospital, medical school or other organization, in which a surgeon, intern or resident represents that he will perform a procedure which he then fails to perform. The Board is also required to publish and distribute the guidelines. This bill relates to "ghost surgery."
FULL TEXT
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 986335430 pdf
- 02/10/98 House: Committee substitute printed 987054430-H1 pdf
- 03/05/98 Senate: Committee substitute printed 986865430-S1 pdf
- 03/30/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER) pdf
- 04/27/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 986335430
- 01/26/98 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/29/98 House: Assigned to H. W. I. sub-committee: 2
- 02/10/98 House: Reported from H. W. I. w/substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/98 House: Committee substitute printed 987054430-H1
- 02/11/98 House: Read first time
- 02/12/98 House: Read second time
- 02/12/98 House: Committee substitute agreed to 987054430-H1
- 02/12/98 House: Engrossed by House - com. sub. 987054430-H1
- 02/13/98 House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/98 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/16/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/16/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 03/05/98 Senate: Committee substitute printed 986865430-S1
- 03/05/98 Senate: Reported from Ed. & H. with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 03/06/98 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/98 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/98 Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/98 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/10/98 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 986865430-S1
- 03/10/98 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - comm. sub. 986865430-S1
- 03/10/98 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/98 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/11/98 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/12/98 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
- 03/12/98 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (93-Y 0-N)
- 03/30/98 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB857ER)
- 04/06/98 House: Enrolled
- 04/06/98 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/08/98 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/15/98 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 614 (effective 7/1/98)
- 04/27/98 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0614)