Bill Text - HB334 (2017)

(New Title) relative to exemptions from licensure by the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.


Revision: March 30, 2017, 9:12 a.m.

HB 334 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

8Mar2017... 0641h

2017 SESSION

17-0626

10/06

 

HOUSE BILL 334

 

AN ACT relative to exemptions from licensure by the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Scully, Hills. 33; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Wuelper, Straf. 3; Rep. Murotake, Hills. 32; Rep. King, Hills. 33; Sen. Avard, Dist 12

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill exempts from licensure by the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy persons who are regulated in another profession and acting within the scope of that person's license, registration, or certification.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

8Mar2017... 0641h 17-0626

10/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to exemptions from licensure by the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy; Exemptions.  Amend RSA 328-J:25 to read as follows:

328-J:25  Exemptions.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent or affect:

I.  [A registered dental hygienist licensed under the laws of the state of New Hampshire.]  A person who is regulated in another profession from acting within the scope of that person's license, registration, or certification.

II.  [A dental assistant licensed or holding a certificate under the laws of the state of New Hampshire.

III.  A physical therapist who performs medical imaging within the scope of practice and maintains a current physical therapist license to practice in New Hampshire.

IV.]  A student enrolled in and attending a school or college of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry, limited x-ray machine operator, medical imaging or radiation therapy who performs medical imaging or radiation therapy procedures on humans while under the supervision of a licensed practitioner, magnetic resonance technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, radiation therapist, radiographer, radiologist assistant, or sonographer holding a license under this chapter.

[V.] III.  A person administering medical imaging or radiation procedures who is employed by the United States government when performing duties associated with that employment.

[VI.] IV.  A person performing medical procedures or therapy on non-human subjects or cadavers.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.