Delaware House Bill 426 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on June 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-06-15 - Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act is the result of the recommendation made by the Joint Sunset Committee in its review of the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline (“the Board”) that the Division of Professional Regulation amend applicable statutes that are outdated and unnecessary, to provide for consistency with 8735, Title 29 of the Delaware Code, relating to administrative procedures. Specifically, this Act permits the Board to utilize non-board member medical licensees as coinvestigators when specialties are required to opine on disciplinary cases, as long as the co-investigator is licensed in the specialty at issue; creates administrative licensure for medical professionals who do not wish to practice medicine but serve as administrators in the state to applicants who meet all qualifications for licensure except active practice hours; removes antiquated language from Title 17 regarding hearing procedures and instead reiterates hearings are conducted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act; and deletes references to the removed language. Finally, this Act makes minor modifications to each of the sub-councils organized under the Board, to standardize procedures across each of the five councils. Specifically, the Act adds a duty to report unprofessional conduct to the Respiratory Care Practitioners, permits the Genetic Counselor Advisory Council and the Regulatory Council for Physician Assistants to waive their quarterly meeting requirement with the approval of the Board; clarifies that temporary licenses may be granted by each of the councils under the signature of the Executive Director and the council chair; and permits council members appointed to fill vacancies to serve out those vacancies, along with two three-year terms.

An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Board Of Medical Licensure And Discipline.

Rep. Gerald Brady [D]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]	Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]
Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Spiegelman [R]	Sen. Brian Pettyjohn [R]	Sen. Bryant Richardson [R]
Sen. David Sokola [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-15	House	Reported Out of Committee (SUNSET COMMITTEE (POLICY ANALYSIS & GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY)) in House with 3 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2016-06-14	House	Introduced in House and assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee
2016-06-14	House	Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/90c1e8240caa337085257fc600750373?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+426/$file/legis.html?open