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S1318.................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
PODIATRISTS - Amends existing law relating to the practice of podiatry to
remove certain medical staff membership requirements.
02/16 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01 3rd rdg - PASSED - 23-7-5
AYES -- Andreason, Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Compton(Duncan), Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Ingram,
Keough, Little, Lodge, McKenzie, McWilliams, Pearce, Richardson,
Stegner, Sweet, Williams
NAYS -- Calabretta, Kennedy, Malepeai, Noh, Schroeder, Sorensen, Werk
Absent and excused -- Goedde, Hill, Marley, Noble, Stennett
Floor Sponsors - President Pro Tem Geddes & Williams
Title apvd - to House
03/02 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/05 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/09 3rd rdg - PASSED - 58-9-3
AYES -- Andersen, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block,
Bolz, Campbell, Cannon, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas,
Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner,
Garrett, Henbest, Jaquet, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford,
Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Moyle,
Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Roberts, Robison,
Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30),
Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood
NAYS -- Boe, Bradford, Clark, Jones, Mitchell, Ringo, Sayler,
Smith(24), Mr. Speaker
Absent and excused -- Barraclough, Harwood, Naccarato
Floor Sponsor - Sali
Title apvd - to Senate
03/10 To enrol
03/11 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/12 Sp signed
03/15 To Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 133
Effective: 07/01/04
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1318
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF PODIATRY; AMENDING SECTION 39-1395, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 REMOVE CERTAIN MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.
4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 SECTION 1. That Section 39-1395, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
6 amended to read as follows:
7 39-1395. PRACTICE OF PODIATRY -- MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERSHIP. Except as
8 otherwise provided in this section, no provision or provisions of this section
9 shall in any way change or modify the authority or power of the governing body
10 of any hospital to make such rules, standards or qualifications for medical
11 staff membership as they, in their discretion, may deem necessary or advis-
12 able, or to grant or refuse membership on a medical staff.
13 An applicant for medical staff membership may not be denied membership
14 solely on the ground that the applicant holds a license to practice podiatry
15 issued by the Idaho state board of podiatry. The criteria utilized for grant-
16 ing medical staff membership shall be reasonable and shall not discriminate
17 against podiatry.
18 The process for considering applications for medical staff membership and
19 privileges shall afford each applicant due process.
20 All applications for medical staff membership shall be acted upon within
21 one hundred twenty (120) days from the date the required information is sub-
22 mitted.
23 The accordance and delineation of clinical privileges for podiatrists
24 shall be determined on an individual basis and commensurate with the
25 applicant's education, training, experience and demonstrated competence. In
26 implementing these procedures, each hospital shall formulate and apply reason-
27 able standards that do not discriminate in the evaluation of an applicant's
28 credentials.
29 A podiatrist with medical staff privileges may initiate admission, but the
30 admission is not complete until the history and physical is performed and
31 signed by a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code. A
32 member of the medical staff licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho
33 Code, shall have responsibility for the overall medical care of the patient
34 while in the hospital. Arrangements for the services of a member of the medi-
35 cal staff licensed pursuant to chapter 18, title 54, Idaho Code, for the pur-
36 poses of this section shall be the sole responsibility of the admitting podia-
37 trist and not that of the hospital or any other member of the medical staff.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13841Cl
This legislation removes language in Idaho Code that requires
patients admitted to an Idaho hospital on the recommendation of a
licensed podiatrist, to have their required history and physical
performed by a physician licensed pursuant to Chapter 18, Title
54, Idaho Code. Podiatrists are trained, qualified and licensed
under Idaho Code to perform this routine examination.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Senator J. Stanley Williams
Phone: 208-332-1321
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1318