Text: SSB02127 Text: SSB02129 Text: SSB02100 - SSB02199 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 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,or1 6 certified health service providers in psychology, physician 1 7 assistants, or advanced registered nurse practitioners 1 8 licensed under chapter 148, 148C, 149, 150, 150A, 152, or 153, 1 9 or section 154B.7, solely by reason of the license held by the 1 10 practitioner or solely by reason of the school or institution 1 11 in which the practitioner received medical schooling or 1 12 postgraduate training if the medical schooling or postgraduate 1 13 training was accredited by an organization recognized by the 1 14 council on postsecondary accreditation or an accrediting group 1 15 recognized by the United States department of education. A 1 16 hospital may establish procedures for interaction between a 1 17 patient and a practitioner.Nothing in theThe rules shall 1 18 not prohibit a hospital from limiting, restricting, or 1 19 revoking clinical privileges of a practitioner for violation 1 20 of hospital rules, regulations, or procedures established 1 21 under this paragraph, when applied in good faith and in a 1 22 nondiscriminatory manner.Nothing in thisThis paragraph 1 23 shall not require a hospital to expand the hospital's current 1 24 scope of service delivery solely to offer the services of a 1 25 class of providers not currently providing services at the 1 26 hospital.Nothing in thisThis section shall not be construed 1 27 to require a hospital to establish rules which are 1 28 inconsistent with the scope of practice established for 1 29 licensure of practitioners to whom this paragraph applies. 1 30 This section shall not be construed to authorize the denial of 1 31 clinical privileges to a practitioner or class of 1 32 practitioners solely because a hospital has as employees of 1 33 the hospital identically licensed practitioners providing the 1 34 same or similar services. 1 35 EXPLANATION 2 1 This bill provides that the rules adopted for hospitals by 2 2 the department of inspections and appeals with the advice and 2 3 approval of the hospital licensing board and the state board 2 4 of health shall not deny clinical privileges to physician 2 5 assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners solely 2 6 by reason of the license held or by reason of the professional 2 7 education received by the practitioner. 2 8 LSB 2617SC 77 2 9 pf/jl/8
Text: SSB02127 Text: SSB02129 Text: SSB02100 - SSB02199 Text: SSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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