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HOUSE BILL NO. 640

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H0640................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
MEDICAL EXAMS - PATIENT RIGHTS - Adds to existing law to set forth patient
rights related to medical examinations.
                                                                        
02/10    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11    Rpt prt - to Jud

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 640
                                                                        
                      BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS; AMENDING CHAPTER 43, TITLE 39,  IDAHO  CODE,
  3        BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 39-4307, IDAHO CODE, TO SET FORTH PATIENT
  4        RIGHTS RELATED TO MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION  1.  That  Chapter  43,  Title 39, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
  7    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
  8    ignated as Section 39-4307, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        39-4307.  PATIENT  RIGHTS DURING MEDICAL EXAMINATION. Whenever a person is
 10    required to undergo a medical examination by contract, in litigation or other-
 11    wise, such examination shall be independent, impartial  and  unbiased.  Absent
 12    leave  of court, the examination shall be performed by a duly qualified, unbi-
 13    ased and objective physician or surgeon in good standing who  is  licensed  in
 14    Idaho  and  shall  be  performed  by the provider in the best interests of the
 15    patient in accordance with the local standard of care  for  providers  of  the
 16    same  expertise.  The  examination  shall be performed and reported upon in an
 17    objective and unbiased manner. The party being examined shall have a right  to
 18    a copy of any examination report.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13859
     Requires independent medical examinations to be performed by
qualified, independent, impartial and unbiased providers.
                          FISCAL IMPACT
     None


Contact
Name:     Rep. Bill Sali
          Rep. Dick Harwood 
Phone:    332-1000




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                       H 640