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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY HARHART, REICHLEY, STEVENSON, BAKER, BRENNAN, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, FLECK, GEIST, MURT, OBERLANDER, PICKETT, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, SWANGER AND TRUE, JANUARY 25, 2010 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, JANUARY 25, 2010 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Providing for requirements relating to administration of |
2 | obstetrical ultrasound procedures. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Short title. |
6 | This act shall be known and may be cited as the Obstetrical |
7 | Ultrasound Procedure Limitations Act. |
8 | Section 2. Definitions. |
9 | The following words and phrases when used in this act shall |
10 | have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
11 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
12 | "Department." The Department of Health of the Commonwealth. |
13 | "Health care practitioner." An individual who holds a valid |
14 | license to practice a component of the healing arts issued by |
15 | the State Board of Medicine, the State Board of Osteopathic |
16 | Medicine or the State Board of Nursing. |
17 | Section 3. Restrictions. |
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1 | (a) Order for ultrasound.--Only a health practitioner, |
2 | acting within the practitioner's authorized scope of practice, |
3 | may issue an order for the administration of an ultrasound |
4 | procedure upon a pregnant woman. |
5 | (b) Performance of ultrasound procedure.--No person shall |
6 | perform an ultrasound procedure upon a pregnant woman unless the |
7 | procedure meets the following criteria: |
8 | (1) Is ordered by a health care practitioner. |
9 | (2) Serves a medical or diagnostic purpose. |
10 | Section 4. Violations. |
11 | The department shall cause an investigation to be instituted |
12 | of any alleged violation of this act. Whenever the department |
13 | has reasonable cause to believe that any person has violated any |
14 | provision of this act, the department shall issue and serve upon |
15 | the person a notice to cease and desist from the violation. |
16 | Section 5. Regulations. |
17 | The department shall promulgate regulations to administer and |
18 | enforce this act. |
19 | Section 6. Effective date. |
20 | This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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