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CS/SB 1354: Medical Specialties

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Young ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Mayfield

Medical Specialties; Requiring the Department of Health to issue a certificate authorizing recognizing agencies to grant certain licensed physicians formal recognition as specialists in a particular area if the recognizing agency submits a completed application to the department and meets specified requirements; providing that a physician may not hold himself or herself out as a board-certified specialist unless the physician has received formal recognition as a specialist from specified entities or a recognizing agency that has received a certificate issued by the department, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Banking and Insurance
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/1/2017 Senate • Filed
3/14/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Rules -SJ 187
3/15/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 187
3/29/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/03/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
4/3/2017 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 299
4/5/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 304
4/6/2017 Senate • Now in Banking and Insurance -SJ 299
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Banking and Insurance