Bill Text: IN HB1172 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Volunteer medical care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation [HB1172 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2010-HB1172-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 25-22.5-1-2; IC 25-23-1-29.
Synopsis: Volunteer medical care. Allows a physician or nurse who
is licensed in another jurisdiction to practice for not more than six days
per year as a volunteer in a shortage area or health clinic setting if no
fee or other consideration is charged.
Effective: July 1, 2010.
January 11, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Interstate and International
Cooperation.
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professions and occupations.
(1) A student in training in a medical school approved by the board, or while performing duties as an intern or a resident in a hospital under the supervision of the hospital's staff or in a program approved by the medical school.
(2) A person who renders service in case of emergency where no fee or other consideration is contemplated, charged, or received.
(3) A paramedic (as defined in IC 16-18-2-266), an emergency medical technician-basic advanced (as defined in IC 16-18-2-112.5), an emergency medical technician-intermediate (as defined in IC 16-18-2-112.7), an emergency medical technician (as defined in IC 16-18-2-112), or a person with equivalent certification from another state who renders advanced
life support (as defined in IC 16-18-2-7) or basic life support (as
defined in IC 16-18-2-33.5):
(A) during a disaster emergency declared by the governor
under IC 10-14-3-12 in response to an act that the governor in
good faith believes to be an act of terrorism (as defined in
IC 35-41-1-26.5); and
(B) in accordance with the rules adopted by the Indiana
emergency medical services commission or the disaster
emergency declaration of the governor.
(4) Commissioned medical officers or medical service officers of
the armed forces of the United States, the United States Public
Health Service, and medical officers of the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs in the discharge of their official
duties in Indiana.
(5) An individual who is not a licensee who resides in another
state or country and is authorized to practice medicine or
osteopathic medicine there, who is called in for consultation by an
individual licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine
in Indiana.
(6) A person administering a domestic or family remedy to a
member of the person's family.
(7) A member of a church practicing the religious tenets of the
church if the member does not make a medical diagnosis,
prescribe or administer drugs or medicines, perform surgical or
physical operations, or assume the title of or profess to be a
physician.
(8) A school corporation and a school employee who acts under
IC 34-30-14 (or IC 34-4-16.5-3.5 before its repeal).
(9) A chiropractor practicing the chiropractor's profession under
IC 25-10 or to an employee of a chiropractor acting under the
direction and supervision of the chiropractor under IC 25-10-1-13.
(10) A dental hygienist practicing the dental hygienist's profession
under IC 25-13.
(11) A dentist practicing the dentist's profession under IC 25-14.
(12) A hearing aid dealer practicing the hearing aid dealer's
profession under IC 25-20.
(13) A nurse practicing the nurse's profession under IC 25-23.
However, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (as defined in
IC 25-23-1-1.4) may administer anesthesia if the certified
registered nurse anesthetist acts under the direction of and in the
immediate presence of a physician.
(14) An optometrist practicing the optometrist's profession under
IC 25-24.
(15) A pharmacist practicing the pharmacist's profession under
IC 25-26.
(16) A physical therapist practicing the physical therapist's
profession under IC 25-27.
(17) A podiatrist practicing the podiatrist's profession under
IC 25-29.
(18) A psychologist practicing the psychologist's profession under
IC 25-33.
(19) A speech-language pathologist or audiologist practicing the
pathologist's or audiologist's profession under IC 25-35.6.
(20) An employee of a physician or group of physicians who
performs an act, a duty, or a function that is customarily within
the specific area of practice of the employing physician or group
of physicians, if the act, duty, or function is performed under the
direction and supervision of the employing physician or a
physician of the employing group within whose area of practice
the act, duty, or function falls. An employee may not make a
diagnosis or prescribe a treatment and must report the results of
an examination of a patient conducted by the employee to the
employing physician or the physician of the employing group
under whose supervision the employee is working. An employee
may not administer medication without the specific order of the
employing physician or a physician of the employing group.
Unless an employee is licensed or registered to independently
practice in a profession described in subdivisions (9) through
(18), nothing in this subsection grants the employee independent
practitioner status or the authority to perform patient services in
an independent practice in a profession.
(21) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21 or IC 12-25.
(22) A health care organization whose members, shareholders, or
partners are individuals, partnerships, corporations, facilities, or
institutions licensed or legally authorized by this state to provide
health care or professional services as:
(A) a physician;
(B) a psychiatric hospital;
(C) a hospital;
(D) a health maintenance organization or limited service
health maintenance organization;
(E) a health facility;
(F) a dentist;
(G) a registered or licensed practical nurse;
(H) a midwife;
(I) an optometrist;
(J) a podiatrist;
(K) a chiropractor;
(L) a physical therapist; or
(M) a psychologist.
(23) A physician assistant practicing the physician assistant profession under IC 25-27.5.
(24) A physician providing medical treatment under IC 25-22.5-1-2.1.
(25) An attendant who provides attendant care services (as defined in IC 16-18-2-28.5).
(26) A personal services attendant providing authorized attendant care services under IC 12-10-17.1.
(27) An individual who:
(A) is not a licensee but resides in another state or country and is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine there;
(B) does not render services outside the scope of practice authorized by the individual's license;
(C) practices medicine or osteopathic medicine on a volunteer basis in a shortage area or a health clinic setting where no fee or other consideration is charged to the recipient or a third party; and
(D) does not practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in Indiana under this subdivision for more than six (6) days per calendar year.
(b) A person described in subsection (a)(9) through (a)(18) is not excluded from the application of this article if:
(1) the person performs an act that an Indiana statute does not authorize the person to perform; and
(2) the act qualifies in whole or in part as the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
(c) An employment or other contractual relationship between an entity described in subsection (a)(21) through (a)(22) and a licensed physician does not constitute the unlawful practice of medicine under this article if the entity does not direct or control independent medical acts, decisions, or judgment of the licensed physician. However, if the direction or control is done by the entity under IC 34-30-15 (or IC 34-4-12.6 before its repeal), the entity is excluded from the application of this article as it relates to the unlawful practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
(d) This subsection does not apply to a prescription or drug order for a legend drug that is filled or refilled in a pharmacy owned or operated by a hospital licensed under IC 16-21. A physician licensed in Indiana who permits or authorizes a person to fill or refill a prescription or drug order for a legend drug except as authorized in IC 16-42-19-11 through IC 16-42-19-19 is subject to disciplinary action under IC 25-1-9. A person who violates this subsection commits the unlawful practice of medicine under this chapter.
(e) A person described in subsection (a)(8) shall not be authorized to dispense contraceptives or birth control devices.
(b) A sanitarium, nursing home, or rest home,
(1) The sanitary and safe conditions of the premises.
(2) The cleanliness of operation.
(3) The physical equipment.
(c)
(1) the person is licensed as a nurse in another jurisdiction;
(2) the person is employed by an individual, an agency, or a legal business entity located in that jurisdiction;
(3) the person's employment responsibilities include transporting a patient between jurisdictions;
(4) no trip made by the person into Indiana for the purpose of transporting a patient lasts more than seventy-two (72) hours; and
(5) the person does not make more than six (6) trips into Indiana for the purpose of transporting a patient during any twelve (12) month period.
(d) This chapter does not apply to a person who:
(1) is not licensed as a nurse in Indiana but resides in another state or country and is licensed to practice nursing there;
(2) does not render services outside the scope of practice authorized by the person's license;
(3) practices nursing on a volunteer basis in a shortage area (as defined by 25-22.5-1-1.2) or a health clinic setting where no fee or other consideration is charged to the recipient or a third party; and
(4) does not practice nursing in Indiana under this subsection for more than six (6) days per calendar year.
