Bill Amendment: AZ SB1051 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular
Bill Title: Medical board; pro bono registration
Status: 2014-04-24 - Chapter 217 E [SB1051 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-SB1051-SENATE_ADOPTED_AMENDMENT_Health_and_Human_Services_-_Strike_Everything.html
Fifty-first Legislature Health and Human Services
Second Regular Session S.B. 1051
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1051
(Reference to printed bill)
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1. Section 32-1428, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1428. Pro bono registration
A. The board may issue a pro bono registration to allow a doctor who is not a licensee to practice in this state for a total of up to sixty days each calendar year if the doctor:
1. Holds an active and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state, territory or possession of the United States or an inactive license pursuant to section 32‑1431.
2. Has never had the license revoked or suspended.
3. Is not the subject of an unresolved complaint.
4. Applies for registration on a yearly basis as prescribed by the board.
5. Provides proof satisfactory to the board that the doctor meets the applicable requirements of section 32‑1422, 32‑1423 or 32‑1424.
6. 5. Agrees to render all medical services without accepting a fee or salary or performs only initial or follow‑up examinations at no cost to the patient and the patient's family through a charitable organization.
B. The sixty days of practice prescribed pursuant to subsection A of this section may be performed consecutively or cumulatively during each calendar year.
C. For the purpose of meeting the requirements of subsection A of this section, an applicant shall provide the board the name of EACH state in which the person is licensed OR HAS HELD A LICENSE and the board shall verify with the applicable regulatory board of EACH state that the applicant is licensed OR HAS HELD A LICENSE, has never had A license revoked or suspended and is not the subject of an unresolved complaint. The board may accept the verification of the information required by subsection A, paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this section from EACH OF the other state's regulatory board either electronically or by hard copy.
Sec. 2. Retroactivity
Section 32-1428, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, applies retroactively to from and after December 31, 2012 to applications submitted to the Arizona medical board for calendar year 2014.
Sec. 3. Emergency
This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law."
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