Senate
Study
Bill
1121
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KLIMESH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
creating
an
emeritus
license
to
practice
medicine
and
1
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
148.4
Emeritus
license.
1
1.
The
board
shall
grant
an
emeritus
license
to
a
physician
2
and
surgeon
or
osteopathic
physician
and
surgeon
who
is
3
at
least
sixty
years
of
age,
who
is
or
will
be
primarily
4
engaged
in
the
practice
of
supervising
and
training
resident
5
physicians,
and
who
submits
an
application
on
a
form
prescribed
6
by
the
board.
7
2.
An
emeritus
license
issued
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
8
entitle
the
licensee
to
maintain
the
same
scope
of
practice
9
as
the
licensee
had
as
a
physician
and
surgeon
or
osteopathic
10
physician
and
surgeon.
11
3.
An
emeritus
license
issued
pursuant
to
this
section
shall
12
be
valid
for
three
years
from
the
date
of
issue
and
may
be
13
renewed
once.
14
4.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
15
licensee
licensed
pursuant
to
this
section
is
not
required
to
16
complete
continuing
education
credits
to
maintain
or
renew
an
17
emeritus
license.
18
5.
The
application
and
renewal
fee
for
an
emeritus
license
19
shall
be
one
half
of
the
application
and
renewal
fees
for
20
a
license
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
21
medicine
and
surgery.
22
6.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
for
the
implementation
23
of
this
section,
including
a
rule
that
defines
“primarily
24
engaged
in
the
practice
of
supervising
and
training
resident
25
physicians”.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
the
issuance
of
an
emeritus
license
30
to
practice
medicine
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
31
surgery.
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
medicine
(board)
32
to
issue
an
emeritus
license
to
a
physician
and
surgeon
or
33
osteopathic
physician
and
surgeon
who
is
at
least
60
years
of
34
age,
who
is
or
will
be
primarily
engaged
in
the
practice
of
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supervising
and
training
resident
physicians,
and
who
submits
1
an
application
on
a
form
prescribed
by
the
board.
An
emeritus
2
license
issued
pursuant
to
the
bill
entitles
the
licensee
to
3
maintain
the
same
scope
of
practice
as
the
licensee
had
as
a
4
physician
and
surgeon
or
osteopathic
physician
and
surgeon,
5
does
not
require
continuing
education
credits,
is
valid
for
6
a
term
of
three
years,
and
may
be
renewed
once.
The
bill
7
sets
the
application
and
renewal
fees
for
an
emeritus
license
8
at
one
half
of
the
cost
for
a
license
to
practice
medicine
9
and
surgery
or
osteopathic
medicine
and
surgery.
The
bill
10
requires
the
board
to
adopt
rules
for
the
implementation
of
the
11
bill,
including
a
rule
that
defines
“primarily
engaged
in
the
12
practice
of
supervising
and
training
resident
physicians”.
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