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        March 1, 2013

Madam Speaker:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 109, ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANT AMENDMENTS, by Representative B. Dee, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 18 through 19 :    

             18          .    establishes terms for the license;

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             19          .    defines unlawful and unprofessional conduct
{   .   }        ; and

    . requires the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing to study and work with the Legislature's Health and Human Services Interim Committee to develop recommendations regarding certain patient consent and notice requirements.  


2.    Page 2, Line 36 :    

             36          58-70b-502, Utah Code Annotated 1953
  Uncodified Material Affected:

ENACTS UNCODIFIED MATERIAL  


3.    Page 6, Line 166 :    

             166          (4) exploiting a client for personal advantage, profit, or interest.
      Section 11. Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Study.

    The Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing shall consult the professional boards for health care providers licensed under Title 58, Chapters 31b, Nurse Practice Act, and 70b, Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensing Act , and physicians described in Section 58-70b-102(3), to work with the Legislative Health and Human Services Interim Committee to study and make a recommendation on or before November 15, 2015:


    (1) that identify anesthesia procedures that:
    (a) may be performed by an individual licensed under Title 58, Chapters 31b, Nurse Practice Act or 70b, Anesthesiologist Assistant Licensing Act; and
    (b) involve significant risk to a patient; and
    (2) recommend whether a patient should:
    (a) be informed of the level of training of, or the type of license held by the provider who will perform the procedure; and
    (b) be required to consent to the type of provider who will perform the procedure.  



    Respectfully,

    Paul Ray
    Committee Chair

Voting: 5-4-0
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