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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 693, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 1. Page 3, line 12, by inserting after the word 1 4 "later." the following: "A physician and surgeon, 1 5 osteopath, osteopathic physician and surgeon, dentist, 1 6 podiatric physician, optometrist, pharmacist, 1 7 chiropractor, or nurse licensed under chapter 147, or 1 8 a hospital licensed under chapter 135B shall not 1 9 assert this paragraph as a defense unless they produce 1 10 an informed consent waiver which was signed by the 1 11 patient's parent or legal guardian prior to the 1 12 treatment in question, which states: 1 13 I am aware that any claim for damages arising from 1 14 any injury or the death of my child due to the 1 15 treatment my child is about to receive must be filed 1 16 no later than my child's eighth birthday, as my child 1 17 will be under the age of six when the treatment is 1 18 performed. I understand that this means that my 1 19 family will forever forfeit any right to recover 1 20 damages arising from this treatment unless a claim is 1 21 filed prior to the child's eighth birthday, even if 1 22 such treatment results in injuries that are not 1 23 discovered until after the child's eighth birthday." 1 24 1 25 1 26 1 27 ROD HALVORSON 1 28 HF 693.315 77 1 29 tm/cf/28
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