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2020 SESSION

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HB 1084 Surgical assistants; definition, licensure.

Introduced by: C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)

Surgical assistants; licensure. Defines "surgical assistant" and "practice of surgical assisting" and directs the Board of Medicine to establish criteria for the licensure of surgical assistants. Currently, the Board may issue a registration as a surgical assistant to eligible individuals. The bill clarifies that requiring the licensure of surgical assistants shall not be construed as prohibiting any professional licensed, certified, or registered by a health regulatory board from acting within the scope of his practice. The bill also establishes the Advisory Board on Surgical Assisting to assist the Board of Medicine regarding the establishment of qualifications for and regulation of licensed surgical assistants.

FULL TEXT

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104907D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20104907D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/28/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1084ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1084ER2)  pdf
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1222)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House amendments adopted
• Governor's recommendation

HISTORY

• 01/07/20  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104907D
• 01/07/20  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
• 01/17/20  House: Referred from Public Safety by voice vote
• 01/17/20  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/22/20  House: Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
• 01/29/20  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/20  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/20  House: Read first time
• 02/06/20  House: Read second time
• 02/06/20  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/06/20  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1084E
• 02/06/20  House: Printed as engrossed 20104907D-E
• 02/07/20  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/20  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/10/20  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/12/20  Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
• 02/20/20  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/20  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/20  Senate: Read third time
• 02/24/20  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/28/20  House: Enrolled
• 02/28/20  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1084ER)
• 02/28/20  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/02/20  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/20  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2020
• 03/11/20  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 04/11/20  House: Governor's recommendation received by House
• 04/22/20  House: Placed on Calendar
• 04/22/20  House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (92-Y 2-N)
• 04/22/20  House: VOTE: (92-Y 2-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (38-Y 1-N)
• 04/22/20  Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1084ER2)
• 04/22/20  House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
• 04/22/20  House: Enacted, Chapter 1222 (effective 7/1/20)
• 04/22/20  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1222)