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House Study Bill 234

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135B.7, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1  2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The rules shall state that a hospital shall not deny
  1  4 clinical privileges to physicians and surgeons, podiatric
  1  5 physicians, osteopaths, osteopathic surgeons, dentists, or
  1  6 certified health service providers in psychology licensed
  1  7 under chapter 148, 149, 150, 150A, or 153, or section 154B.7,
  1  8 or to physician assistants or advanced registered nurse
  1  9 practitioners licensed under chapter 148C or 152, whose
  1 10 supervising physician possesses privileges at the hospital,
  1 11 solely by reason of the license held by the practitioner or
  1 12 solely by reason of the school or institution in which the
  1 13 practitioner received medical schooling or postgraduate
  1 14 training if the medical schooling or postgraduate training was
  1 15 accredited by an organization recognized by the council on
  1 16 postsecondary accreditation or an accrediting group recognized
  1 17 by the United States department of education.  A hospital may
  1 18 establish procedures for interaction between a patient and a
  1 19 practitioner.  Nothing in the The rules shall not prohibit a
  1 20 hospital from limiting, restricting, or revoking clinical
  1 21 privileges of a practitioner for violation of hospital rules,
  1 22 regulations, or procedures established under this paragraph,
  1 23 when applied in good faith and in a nondiscriminatory manner.
  1 24 Nothing in this This paragraph shall not require a hospital to
  1 25 expand the hospital's current scope of service delivery solely
  1 26 to offer the services of a class of providers not currently
  1 27 providing services at the hospital.  This paragraph shall not
  1 28 permit a hospital to extend clinical privileges to physician
  1 29 assistants or advanced registered nurse practitioners unless
  1 30 their supervising physician possesses privileges at the
  1 31 hospital.  Nothing in this This section shall not be construed
  1 32 to require a hospital to establish rules which are
  1 33 inconsistent with the scope of practice established for
  1 34 licensure of practitioners to whom this paragraph applies.
  1 35 This section shall not be construed to authorize the denial of
  2  1 clinical privileges to a practitioner or class of
  2  2 practitioners solely because a hospital has as employees of
  2  3 the hospital identically licensed practitioners providing the
  2  4 same or similar services.  
  2  5                           EXPLANATION
  2  6    This bill amends Code section 135B.7 to prohibit a hospital
  2  7 from denying clinical privileges to licensed physician
  2  8 assistants or licensed advanced registered nurse practitioners
  2  9 whose supervising physician possesses privileges at the
  2 10 hospital solely by reason of the license held by the physician
  2 11 assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner, or solely
  2 12 by reason of the school or institution where the physician
  2 13 assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner was
  2 14 trained.  
  2 15 LSB 2606HC 77
  2 16 rn/sc/14.1
     

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