Bill Text: MO HB1399 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the injection of therapeutic substances around the spine or spinal cord for the treatment of certain pain syndromes to be performed only by a licensed physician

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-15 - Public Hearing Completed (H) [HB1399 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2012-HB1399-Introduced.html

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SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1399

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES RICHARDSON (Sponsor), TORPEY, FREDERICK AND NICHOLS (Co-sponsors).

5262L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 334, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to interventional pain management.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 334, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 334.275, to read as follows:

            334.275. The injection of therapeutic substances around the spine or spinal cord for the treatment of acute and chronic pain syndromes under fluoroscopic, computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or ultrasound guidance shall only be performed by a physician licensed under this chapter.

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