Establishes provisions relating to the practice of medicine

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Establishes provisions relating to the practice of medicine

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1672 - This act defines the "practice of medicine" as the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, operation, prescription, recommendation, prevention, cure, dispensing, or surgery for any human injury, disease, pain, deformity, defect, wound, fracture, infirmity, ailment, or physical or mental condition.

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• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1672 - This act defines the "practice of medicine" as the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, operation, prescription, recommendation, prevention, cure, dispensing, or surgery for any human injury, disease, pain, deformity, defect, wound, fracture, infirmity, ailment, or physical or mental condition.
• This act further defines the practice of medicine to include: (1) Evaluating a patient, rendering a medical opinion, or providing testimony for any civil or criminal action; (2) The review, oversight, and rendering of health care decisions by a treating physician; (3) For consulting physicians or specialists who receive referrals, the initial examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and determination of appropriate treatment, which shall not be delegated to any person other than to another consulting physician or specialist; (4) Offering to examine, evaluate, diagnose, treat, operate, prescribe, recommend, prevent, dispense, or perform surgery; (5) Using certain designations as provided in the act indicating or implying that such person is licensed, willing, or able to practice the healing arts; or (6) Offering, conducting, enrolling, performing, or monitoring research involving human subjects unless approved by an institutional review board.
• Nothing in this act shall prohibit a licensed professional from performing some or all of the activities that may fall within the practice of medicine if the licensed professional is acting within his or her scope of authority, if the physician remains actively involved in the practice of medicine for each patient, and if the physician remains the primary and responsible party, which shall not be delegated to any other person.
• KATIE O'BRIEN

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SB 1672 - This act defines the "practice of medicine" as the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, operation, prescription, recommendation, prevention, cure, dispensing, or surgery for any human injury, disease, pain, deformity, defect, wound, fracture, infirmity, ailment, or physical or mental condition. This act further defines the practice of medicine to include:
(1) Evaluating a patient, rendering a medical opinion, or providing testimony for any civil or criminal action;
(2) The review, oversight, and rendering of health care decisions by a treating physician;
(3) For consulting physicians or specialists who receive referrals, the initial examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and determination of appropriate treatment, which shall not be delegated to any person other than to another consulting physician or specialist;
(4) Offering to examine, evaluate, diagnose, treat, operate, prescribe, recommend, prevent, dispense, or perform surgery;
(5) Using certain designations as provided in the act indicating or implying that such person is licensed, willing, or able to practice the healing arts; or
(6) Offering, conducting, enrolling, performing, or monitoring research involving human subjects unless approved by an institutional review board.

Nothing in this act shall prohibit a licensed professional from performing some or all of the activities that may fall within the practice of medicine if the licensed professional is acting within his or her scope of authority, if the physician remains actively involved in the practice of medicine for each patient, and if the physician remains the primary and responsible party, which shall not be delegated to any other person.
KATIE O'BRIEN

Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1672
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BROWN (16).
7256S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 334, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the practice of
medicine.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 334, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 334.011, to read as 2
follows:3
334.011. 1. The "practice of medicine" shall mean the 1
examination, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, operation, 2
prescription, recommendation, prevention, cure, dispensing, 3
or surgery for any human injury, disease, pain, deformity, 4
defect, wound, fracture, infirmity, ailment, or physical or 5
mental condition, real or imaginary, including the 6
management of pregnancy and parturition or cosmetic surgery, 7
whether for compensation or not, and shall also include: 8
(1) Evaluating a patient or rendering an oral, 9
written, or otherwise documented medical opinion, or when 10
providing testimony or records for the purpose of any civil 11
or criminal action before any judicial or administrative 12
proceeding of this state or other forum in this state; 13
(2) The review, oversight, and rendering of decisions 14
on the health care to be provided or not to be provided by a 15
treating physician based upon the treating physician's 16
examination, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, operation, 17
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prescription, recommendation, prevention, or surgery except 18
as may be otherwise authorized pursuant to state law; 19
(3) In the case of a physician who acts as a 20
consulting physician or specialist in an area of medicine 21
and who receives a referral from another physician, the 22
practice of medicine shall specifically include the initial 23
examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and determination of 24
appropriate treatment or surgery by the consulting physician 25
or specialist, and the consulting physician or specialist 26
may not properly delegate this responsibility to any person 27
other than to another consulting physician or specialist; 28
(4) Offering to examine, evaluate, diagnose, treat, 29
operate, prescribe, recommend, prevent, dispense, or perform 30
surgery for any human injury, disease, pain, deformity, 31
ailment, or physical or mental condition; 32
(5) Using the designation "doctor" or "doctor of 33
medicine" or "doctor of osteopathy" or "physician and 34
surgeon" or "Dr.", "M.D.", "D.O.", or any combination 35
indicating or implying that such person is licensed, or 36
willing or able, to practice the healing arts; or 37
(6) Offering, conducting, enrolling, performing, or 38
monitoring research involving human subjects unless approved 39
by an institutional review board. 40
2. Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit a 41
licensed professional from performing some or all of the 42
activities that may fall within the practice of medicine, 43
but only so long as the licensed professional is acting 44
within and not beyond the scope of his or her statutory 45
authority and only so long as the physician remains actively 46
involved in the practice of medicine for each patient and 47
remains the primary and responsible party for the 48
examination, evaluation, diagnosis, and determination of 49
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appropriate treatment or surgery, and a physician may not 50
properly delegate this primary responsibility to any other 51
person. 52
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