Bill Text: OR SB717 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to clinical breast examinations; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-3)

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB717 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-SB717-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1670

                         Senate Bill 717

Sponsored by Senator STEINER HAYWARD; Senators BURDICK, COURTNEY,
  DEVLIN, DINGFELDER, EDWARDS, FERRIOLI, MONROE, ROBLAN,
  ROSENBAUM, THOMSEN, WHITSETT, Representatives FREDERICK,
  GREENLICK, KENY-GUYER

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires specified health care professional training programs
to include in required curricula training on standardized
clinical breast examinations. Requires programs to annually
report implementation progress to Oregon Health Authority.
Requires authority to compile information and report to
Legislative Assembly by December 31 of each year.
  Sunsets on date of convening of 2018 regular session of
Legislative Assembly.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to clinical breast examinations; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section 'health care
professional training program' means a:
  (a) Medical school;
  (b) Nursing school;
  (c) Physician assistant educational program; and
  (d) Residency program that trains physicians who will
specialize in a field that will require the physicians to perform
clinical breast examinations as part of their regular duties
including, but not limited to:
  (A) Internal medicine;
  (B) Family medicine;
  (C) Obstetrics and gynecology;
  (D) General surgery;
  (E) Radiation oncology; and
  (F) Radiology.
  (2) A health care professional training program shall include
in the required curriculum training on the standardized clinical
breast examination protocol that uses the vertical strip,
three-pressure method.
  (3) A health care professional training program shall annually
report to the Oregon Health Authority, in the form and manner
prescribed by the authority, the progress of the program toward
implementing the curriculum described in subsection (2) of this
section. The authority shall compile the information and report
the information to the Legislative Assembly no later than
December 31 of each year. + }
  SECTION 2. { +  Section 1 of this 2013 Act is repealed on the
date of the convening of the 2018 regular session of the
Legislative Assembly as specified in ORS 171.010. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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