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Legislation


2012 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 957

File Code: Health Occupations Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 395
Sponsored By:
Delegates Cullison, Bromwell, Frank, Kach, A. Kelly, Krebs, Luedtke, Murphy, Oaks, Reznik, Tarrant, and V. Turner
Entitled:
Health Occupations - Public Disclosure of Professional Credentials and Reports on Advertising Regulations and Policies

Synopsis:

Prohibiting a physician from making specified representations to the public under specified circumstances; authorizing a specified health occupations regulatory board to approve a certifying board if the certifying board requires physicians to meet specified qualifications; altering the authority of a physician to advertise; requiring specified health occupations boards to submit specified information related to advertising by health care practitioners to committees of the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2012; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

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House Action
2/10
First Reading Health and Government Operations
2/15
Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations
3/20
Favorable with Amendments {826682/1 Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/21
Third Reading Passed (130-0)
4/3
Returned Passed
Senate Action
3/22
First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
4/6
Favorable Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
3/31
Favorable Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed
4/1
Third Reading Passed (47-0)
Action after passage in House and Senate
5/2
Approved by the Governor
- Chapter 225

Sponsored by:

Delegate Bonnie Cullison, District 19
Delegate Eric M. Bromwell, District 8
Delegate William J. Frank, District 42
Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
Delegate Ariana B. Kelly, District 16
Delegate Susan W. Krebs, District 9B
Delegate Eric G. Luedtke, District 14
Delegate Peter Murphy, District 28
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Kirill Reznik, District 39
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Veronica Turner, District 26

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Advertising
Committees and Commissions -see also- Political Committees
Discipline
Disclosure
Ethics
Health -see also- Mental Health
Health Care Facilities -see also- Clinics; Hospices; etc
Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations
Investigations and Inquiries -see also- Crim Bckgrnd Invest.
Labeling
Licenses -see also- Alcoholic Bev Lic; Drivers' Licenses
Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc
Public Information
Reports
Rules and Regulations

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health Occupations
( 14-503 )

Documents

All documents except Roll Call Votes are displayed in PDF format:
Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled, Chapter
Fiscal and Policy Note: Available
Amendments:
House
Number: 826682/01     Offered on: March 23, 2012   at: 3:42 p.m.     Status: Adopted
Committee Votes :
House
Health and Government Operations
Senate
Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
House
March 21, 2012: Third Reading Passed (130-0)
Senate
April 1, 2012: Third Reading Passed (47-0)
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