Bill Text: DE HB178 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 24 Chapter 17 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Board Of Medical Licensure And Discipline.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-02-14 - Signed by Governor [HB178 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2013-HB178-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Barbieri & Sen. Marshall |
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Rep. Briggs King |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE BILL NO. 178 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 24 CHAPTER 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE AND DISCIPLINE. |
Section 1.Amend Title 24, Section 1720(b) by deleting paragraph 8 in its entirety, as follows:
(8)
Submit to a personal interview by a Board member, unless waived by an officer
of the Board for good cause.
Section 2.Amend Title 24, Section 1740(b)(1) by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underlining as follows:
(1) The Board of Medical
Licensure and Discipline shall not issue a certificate to practice medicine
without first obtaining 1 or more service letters regarding the applicant,
provided that person has previously practiced medicine. The service letter
obtained must include a service letter from all health care facilities where
that person currently has direct access to patients, and where that person has
admitting or staff privileges. In addition, if a person seeking certification
had direct access to patients or staff or admitting privileges at a health care
facility within the past 5 three years, the Board of Medical
Licensure and Discipline shall also obtain a service letter from each such
facility. If a person seeking certification has not previously had direct
access to patients or was self-employed or 1 or more of the health care
facilities where that person had direct access to patients no longer exists,
then the Board must require the person to provide letters of reference from 2
physicians who are familiar with the person, but who are not relatives of the
person.
SYNOPSIS
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Section One of this bill removes the requirement that applicants for licensure as medical doctors undergo a personal interview by a Board member as a prerequisite to obtaining licensure. Section Two also applies to new applicants before the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline.Currently, if a person seeking certification had direct access to patients or staff or admitting privileges at a health care facility within the past 5 years, the applicant must obtain a service letter from each such facility as a prerequisite to obtaining licensure.This section lowers that number to a three year look back. |
