Kentucky Senate Bill 60 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on February 3 2010 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-03-26 - received in Senate
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Establish and create new sections of KRS Chapter 319B, regarding the licensing and regulation of practitioners of prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics; define terms for the chapter; establish the Kentucky Board of Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics and its appointment and meeting procedures; clarify board liability to include requirement that current or former board members or affiliated persons act with ordinary care; delineate the duties of the board; require the board to administer and enforce the provisions of the chapter and to promulgate administrative regulations to establish factors for licensure of prosthetists, orthotists, pedorthists, and orthotic fitters; state additional powers of the board, including the authority to employ needed personnel and contract with the Division of Occupations and Professions for the provision of administrative services; declare rules for actual physical licenses, practice authorization, and scope of practice; set a July 1, 2011, deadline for practice under prior certification, and a January 1, 2013, deadline for practicing without a license from the board; clarify that both major certifying boards for pedorthists are considered equivalent for pedorthist certification and standards of practice until superseded by the board's standards on July 1, 2011; indicate that care or services eligible for reimbursement by Medicare, Medicaid, or health insurance may only be provided pursuant to an order from a licensed physician or advanced registered nurse practitioner; exempt individuals engaging in their profession from the authority of Chapter 319B, including licensed health care practitioners or providers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, physicians, chiropractors, pharmacists, and other specified individuals; exclude application of the chapter to the practice of prosthetics, orthotics, or pedorthics by licensed physicians, federal employees, designated students, or defined orthosis manufacturer employees; forbid any person from practicing as or professing to be any of the licensed professionals in the chapter without a valid current license; establish license expiration and renewal dates and procedures; authorize the board to grant reciprocity with other jurisdictions, discipline licensees or deny applicants for unprofessional conduct, and set fees within specified limits; list penalties for violations of provisions of the chapter after January 1, 2013, as a Class A misdemeanor and a maximum $5,000 fine per violation; exempt the initial prosthetist, orthotist, and pedorthist appointments to the board from the licensing requirement; make all subsequent practitioner appointments to the board comply with the standard licensing requirements; name KRS Chapter 319B the "Henry Brown Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Pedorthics Act."

AN ACT relating to prosthetics, orthotics, and pedorthics.

Sen. Denise Harper Angel [D]

Sen. John Schickel [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-03-26		received in Senate
2010-03-26		passed 65-26 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title), floor amendment (4)
2010-03-26		floor amendment (5) defeated
2010-03-26		3rd reading
2010-03-25		floor amendments (4) and (5) filed to Committee Substitute, floor amendments (6) and (7) filed
2010-03-25		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 26, 2010
2010-03-24		reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2010-03-24		recommitted to Licensing & Occupations (H)
2010-03-24		taken from the Regular Orders of the Day
2010-03-22		floor amendment (3) filed
2010-03-19		floor amendment (2) filed
2010-03-16		floor amendment (1) filed
2010-03-15		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 16, 2010
2010-03-15		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-03-12		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2010-03-08		posting waived
2010-02-08		to Licensing & Occupations (H)
2010-02-03		received in House
2010-02-02		passed 36-1 with floor amendments (1) and (3)
2010-02-02		floor amendment (2) defeated
2010-02-02		3rd reading
2010-02-01		passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2010-01-28		floor amendment (3) filed
2010-01-28		passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
2010-01-27		posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, January 28, 2010
2010-01-26		floor amendment (2) filed
2010-01-21		floor amendment (1) filed
2010-01-20		2nd reading, to Rules
2010-01-19		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
2010-01-06		to Licensing, Occupations & Administrative Regulations (S)
2010-01-05		introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB60.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB60/bill.doc