PHYSICIANS

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session (2006)
Bills Indexed by Subject
PHYSICIANS

: Authorizes a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to prescribe a schedule V controlled substance under the collaborative practice agreement

: Allows a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to issue a physician's statement for disabled license plates and placards under the collaborative practice agreement

: Adds certified nurse practitioners to the list of health care providers authorized to issue a physician's statement for the purpose of obtaining a disabled license plate

: Requires insurers providing medical malpractice insurance to health care providers to establish premiums based on the average judgment in medical malpractice cases by county

: Authorizes a physician assistant or an advanced practice nurse to prescribe, administer, and dispense a controlled substance containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine

: Establishes criteria for hospital governing bodies granting staff privileges

: Changes the laws regarding health care liens

: Establishes the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance Act of 2006 and requires credentialing of sonographers and vascular technologists

: Authorizes an advance practice nurse to prescribe a controlled substance listed in schedule II, III, IV, or V under the collaborative practice agreement

: Changes the procedures used in the examination and treatment of victims of sexual offenses

: Prohibits an insurer from changing the coding that a health care provider submitted for services without the permission of the health care provider

: Changes the laws regarding physician assistants

: Establishes the Registered Surgical Assistant and Registered Surgical Technologist Title Protection Act which requires their registration with the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts

: Requires health care providers to notify patients prior to referring them to an out-of-network provider and if none is available, the services will cost no more than those provided within the network

: Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing provider in the geographic region of the health benefit plan

: Regulates the use of certain lasers and pulse light sources by cosmetologists

: Changes the requirements for eligibility under the State Legal Expense Fund

: Creates the classification of licensed prescribing psychologist under the State Committee of Psychologists and establishes licensing requirements

: Establishes the Missouri Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment Act to assist emergency services personnel and health care providers in carrying out the treatment wishes of patients

: Requires physicians to report to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts any collaborative practice agreements entered into and authorizes the board to conduct audits for compliance

: Prohibits a health care professional from prescribing, dispensing, or administering a lethal dosage of any substance for the purpose of assisting in the death of an individual

: Requires direct billing by licensed health care professionals for anatomic pathology services rendered

: Adds licensed physical therapists to the definition of "health practitioner"

: Establishes the Consumer Protection Act for Wheeled Mobility

: Prohibits the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts from disciplining physicians who participate in whistleblower activities in their professional capacity as employees of the federal government

: Changes the laws regarding the classification of marijuana as a controlled substance and legalizes the use of marijuana for medical purposes

: Changes the laws regarding medical malpractice insurance and the enforcement powers of the Department of Insurance and creates the Health Care Stabilization Fund Feasibility Board

: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to establish and oversee hepatitis C testing for health care providers and first responders

: Changes the laws regarding medical malpractice insurance

: Creates qualifying standards for expert witnesses in certain cases, allows temporary licensing of out-of-state experts, makes some expert testimony inadmissible, and makes certain conduct unprofessional

: Prohibits all abortions other than those necessary to save the life of the mother

: Establishes the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act

: Establishes the Unborn Child Pain Prevention Act regarding the capacity of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion

: Establishes various data collection requirements regarding medical malpractice insurance coverage

: Prohibits prescribing, dispensing, giving, or otherwise providing any contraceptive drug or device to an unemancipated minor without the consent of the minor's parent

: Limits the liability of volunteer medical professionals to actual damages and provides additional insurance coverage for legal expenses and actual damages not covered under the Legal Expense Fund

: Allows health care professionals licensed in other states to provide health care services during the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk in Kansas City.

: Enacts provisions relating to the capacity of an unborn child to experience pain during an abortion

: Allows physicians to jointly negotiate with certain health insurance carriers

: Modifies provisions of the law relating to ambulatory surgical centers

: Modifies provisions of the law relating to ambulatory surgical centers

: Enacts provisions relating to emergency medical treatment

: Amends requirements for workers' compensation benefit payments

: Modifies various provisions relating to the state legal expense fund

: Requires physicians to identify which type of collaborative practice arrangement they are engaging in and provide copies to the board

: Modifies and enacts new provisions pertaining to health care facilities

: Prohibits health care professionals from billing for anatomic pathology services not personally rendered

: Modifies law relating to medical fees for workers' compensation

: Modifies and enacts new provisions pertaining to health care facilities

: Imposes a tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:53 am