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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 135B.7, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1 2 2001, 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, chiropractors, 1 5 podiatric physicians, osteopaths, osteopathic surgeons, 1 6 dentists, certified health service providers in psychology, 1 7 physician assistants, or advanced registered nurse 1 8 practitioners licensed under chapter 148, 148C, 149, 150, 1 9 150A, 151, 152, or 153, or section 154B.7, solely by reason of 1 10 the license held by the practitioner or solely by reason of 1 11 the school or institution in which the practitioner received 1 12 medical schooling or postgraduate training if the medical 1 13 schooling or postgraduate training was accredited by an 1 14 organization recognized by the council on postsecondary 1 15 accreditation or an accrediting group recognized by the United 1 16 States department of education. A hospital may establish 1 17 procedures for interaction between a patient and a 1 18 practitioner. The rules shall not prohibit a hospital from 1 19 limiting, restricting, or revoking clinical privileges of a 1 20 practitioner for violation of hospital rules, regulations, or 1 21 procedures established under this paragraph, when applied in 1 22 good faith and in a nondiscriminatory manner. This 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. This section shall not be construed to require a 1 27 hospital to establish rules which are inconsistent with the 1 28 scope of practice established for licensure of practitioners 1 29 to whom this paragraph applies. This section shall not be 1 30 construed to authorize the denial of clinical privileges to a 1 31 practitioner or class of practitioners solely because a 1 32 hospital has as employees of the hospital identically licensed 1 33 practitioners providing the same or similar services. 1 34 EXPLANATION 1 35 The bill provides for the addition of chiropractors to the 2 1 list of licensed practitioners to whom a hospital cannot deny 2 2 clinical privileges under specified circumstances. Code 2 3 section 135B.9 provides that clinical privileges for 2 4 designated license practitioners shall not be denied solely by 2 5 reason of the license held by the practitioner or the school 2 6 or institution in which the practitioner received medical 2 7 schooling or postgraduate training, if the medical schooling 2 8 or postgraduate training was accredited by an organization 2 9 recognized by the council on postsecondary accreditation or an 2 10 accredited group recognized by the United States department of 2 11 education. 2 12 LSB 5442HV 79 2 13 rn/sh/8
Text: HF02512 Text: HF02514 Text: HF02500 - HF02599 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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