Bill Text: PA SB467 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Regulating certain services provided by a nonresident physician.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-02 - Referred to CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE [SB467 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB467-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  477

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE BILL

 

No.

467

Session of

2009

  

  

INTRODUCED BY PIPPY, ERICKSON, WONDERLING, ALLOWAY, BROWNE, FOLMER, LEACH, WOZNIAK, PILEGGI, BOSCOLA, COSTA, FERLO, RAFFERTY AND WAUGH, MARCH 2, 2009

  

  

REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 2, 2009  

  

  

  

AN ACT

  

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Regulating certain services provided by a nonresident physician.

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The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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hereby enacts as follows:

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Section 1.  Short title.

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This act shall be known and may be cited as the Telemedicine

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Act.

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Section 2.  Definitions.

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The following words and phrases when used in this act shall

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have the meanings given to them in this section unless the

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context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Licensed physician."  An individual who has acquired a

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license to practice medicine under the act of October 5, 1978

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(P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice

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Act, or the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as

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the Medical Practice Act of 1985 or the equivalent thereof in

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another jurisdiction.

 


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"Telemedicine."  The electronic transmission of medical data

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between a physician located in this Commonwealth and a physician

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located in another jurisdiction for purposes of interpretation,

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consultation, diagnosis or treatment.

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"Teleradiology."  The electronic transmission of radiological

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images such as X-rays, CAT scans and similar images to allow

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interpretation to be made at a remote site. The term does not

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include consultation between a physician located in this

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Commonwealth and a physician located in another jurisdiction for

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which compensation is neither given nor expected.

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Section 3.  Medical license requirement.

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(a)  License.--An individual who practices medicine, whether

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the person is located in this Commonwealth or another

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jurisdiction and who uses telemedicine or teleradiology relating

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to a patient in this Commonwealth must be a licensed physician.

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(b)  Requirements.--An individual who becomes a licensed

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physician in this Commonwealth in order to practice telemedicine

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or teleradiology must meet all requirements applicable to

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physicians in this Commonwealth.

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Section 4.  Exceptions from licensure requirement.

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Nothing in this act shall apply to the following health care

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practitioners:

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(1)  A medical specialist to whom the care of the patient

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does not transfer and who provides consultation upon request

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to a licensed physician in this Commonwealth.

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(2)  A physician who provides consultation to a medical

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school or residency training program.

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Section 5.  Sanctions.

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A person who violates the provisions of this act shall be

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subject to criminal prosecution for the unlicensed practice of

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medicine. A person who violates the provisions of this act shall

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be subject to injunctions or other action authorized to prohibit

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the continued practice of medicine without a license.

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Section 6.  Effective date.

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This act shall take effect in 60 days.

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