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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.24, Code 1995, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    135.24  VOLUNTEER PHYSICIAN HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PROGRAM
  1  4 ESTABLISHED &endash; IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY.
  1  5    1.  The director shall establish within the department a
  1  6 program to provide to eligible hospitals, clinics, or other
  1  7 health care facilities, or health care referral programs, or
  1  8 charitable organizations, free medical services given on a
  1  9 voluntary basis by physicians licensed under chapter 148, 150,
  1 10 or 150A health care providers.  A participating physician
  1 11 health care provider shall register with the department and
  1 12 obtain from the department a list of eligible, participating
  1 13 hospitals, clinics, or other health care facilities, or health
  1 14 care referral programs, or charitable organizations.
  1 15    2.  The department, in consultation with the department of
  1 16 human services, shall adopt rules to implement the volunteer
  1 17 physician health care provider program which shall include the
  1 18 following:
  1 19    a.  Procedures for registration of physicians health care
  1 20 providers deemed qualified by the board of medical examiners,
  1 21 the board of physician assistant examiners, and the board of
  1 22 nursing.
  1 23    b.  Criteria for and identification of hospitals, clinics,
  1 24 or other health care facilities, or health care referral
  1 25 programs, or charitable organizations, eligible to participate
  1 26 in the provision of free medical services through the
  1 27 volunteer physician health care provider program.  A health
  1 28 care facility, a health care referral program, a charitable
  1 29 organization, or a health care provider participating in the
  1 30 program shall not bill or charge a patient for any physician
  1 31 health care provider service provided under the volunteer
  1 32 physician health care provider program.
  1 33    3.  A physician health care provider providing free care
  1 34 under this section shall be considered an employee of the
  1 35 state under chapter 669 and shall be afforded protection as an
  2  1 employee of the state under section 669.21, provided that the
  2  2 physician health care provider has done all of the following:
  2  3    a.  Registered with the department pursuant to subsection
  2  4 1.
  2  5    b.  Provided medical services through a hospital, clinic,
  2  6 or other health care facility, or health care referral
  2  7 program, or charitable organization listed as eligible and
  2  8 participating by the department pursuant to subsection 1.
  2  9    4.  For the purposes of this section, "health care
  2 10 provider" means a physician licensed under chapter 148, 150,
  2 11 or 150A, a physician assistant licensed and practicing under a
  2 12 supervising physician pursuant to chapter 148C, a licensed
  2 13 practical nurse, or a registered nurse.
  2 14    5.  For the purposes of this section, "charitable
  2 15 organization" means a charitable organization within the
  2 16 meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
  2 17 which has as its primary purpose the sponsorship or support of
  2 18 programs designed to improve the quality, awareness, and
  2 19 availability of medical services to children and to serve as a
  2 20 funding mechanism for provision of medical services, including
  2 21 but not limited to immunizations, to children in this state.  
  2 22 HF 197
  2 23 pf/pk/25
     
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