Bill Text: AZ SB1049 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Physician licensure; waiver
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-14 - Referred to Senate HHS Committee [SB1049 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-SB1049-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: physician licensure; waiver |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1049 |
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Introduced by Senator Kavanagh
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AN ACT
Amending title 32, chapter 13, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32‑1421.01; amending sections 32‑1428 and 32‑1429 arizona revised states; relating to the Arizona medical board.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 32, chapter 13, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-1421.01, to read:
32-1421.01. Physician licensure; out-of-state licensee; temporary waiver; verification
A. Notwithstanding any requirement for licensure pursuant to this chapter, a doctor of medicine who is not a licensee and who holds an active and unrestricted license to practice medicine in another jurisdiction in the United States may practice in this state without applying for licensure pursuant to this article until the physician's license expires in that jurisdiction if all of the following apply:
1. The physician has not had a license to practice medicine revoked by a medical regulatory board in another jurisdiction in the United States for an act that occurred in that jurisdiction and that constitutes unprofessional conduct pursuant to this chapter.
2. The physician is not currently under investigation, suspension or restriction by a medical regulatory board in another jurisdiction of the United States for an act that occurred in that jurisdiction and that constitutes unprofessional conduct pursuant to this chapter.
3. The physician notifies the board of the physician's intent to practice medicine in this state and the date the physician's current license to practice medicine expires.
B. The board may accept the verification of the information required by subsection A of this section from each other state's regulatory board either electronically or by hard copy.
Sec. 2. 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. 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. 3. Section 32-1429, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1429. Locum tenens registration
A. The board may issue a registration to allow a doctor of medicine who is not a licensee to provide locum tenens medical services to substitute for or temporarily assist a doctor of medicine who holds an active license pursuant to this chapter or a doctor of osteopathy who holds an active license pursuant to chapter 17 of this title under the following conditions:
1. The applicant holds an active license to practice medicine issued by a state, district, territory or possession of the United States.
2. The applicant provides on forms and in a manner prescribed by the board proof that the applicant meets the applicable requirements of section 32‑1422, 32‑1423 or 32‑1424.
3. The license of the applicant from the jurisdiction in which the applicant regularly practices medicine is current and unrestricted and has not been revoked or suspended for any reason and there are no unresolved complaints or formal charges filed against the applicant with any licensing board.
1. The doctor of medicine meets the requirements of section 32‑1421.01, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2.
4. 2. The doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy for whom the applicant for registration under this section is substituting or assisting provides to the board a written request for locum tenens registration of the applicant.
5. 3. The applicant pays the fee prescribed under section 32‑1436.
B. Locum tenens registration granted pursuant to this section is valid for a period of one hundred eighty consecutive days. A doctor of medicine is eligible to apply for and be granted locum tenens registration once every three years.
