Kentucky House Bill 354 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-16 - floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311 to require the board to design a program to ensure that a physician offers testimony in accord with his or her professional knowledge of skills; create an expert witness certificate program for individuals who submit certain documents, require that individuals testifying as expert medical witnesses be certified by this program before their testimony may be admitted as expert testimony; clarify that the certificate shall only permit an individual to testify and not practice medicine; state 18 subjects to which an individual, under penalty of perjury, shall attest before he or she may receive an expert witness certificate; state circumstances under which the board may pursue disciplinary action, issue fines of up to $10,000, and revoke an expert witness certificate.

AN ACT relating to medical practice.

Rep. Thomas Burch [D]

Rep. David Watkins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-16		floor amendments (1) (2) and (3) filed
2012-02-01		to Judiciary (H)
2012-01-31		introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB354.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/HB354/bill.doc