Bill Text: MS SB2900 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Nurse practitioners; required to advertise the name of the collaborating physician.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [SB2900 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2018-SB2900-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Welfare

By: Senator(s) Younger

Senate Bill 2900

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-121-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE ALL CATEGORIES OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO ADVERTISE THE NAME OF THE COLLABORATING PHYSICIAN; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 41-121-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     41-121-7.  (1)  An advertisement for health care services that names a health care practitioner must identify the type of license held according to the definitions under this chapter.  The advertisement shall be free from any and all deceptive or misleading information.

     (2)  A health care practitioner providing health care services in this state must conspicuously post in their office and affirmatively communicate the practitioner's specific licensure as defined under this chapter.  This shall consist of the following:  The health care practitioner shall display in his or her office a writing that clearly identifies the type of license held by the health care practitioner.  The writing must be of sufficient size so as to be visible and apparent to all current and prospective patients.

     (3)  Practitioners of nursing, signified by the letters "D.N.P.," "N.P." or "C.R.N.A.," who have an active collaborating agreement with a physician shall display on all signage the name of the physician with whom the said "D.N.P.," "N.P." or "C.R.N.A." is collaborating.  All signage shall be updated to reflect the name of the collaborating physician by July 1, 2019.

     ( * * *34)  A health care practitioner who practices in more than one (1) office shall be required to comply with these requirements in each practice setting.

     ( * * *45)  Health care practitioners working in nonpatient care settings, and who do not have any direct patient care interactions, are not subject to the provisions of this chapter.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.

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