Mr. President:
The Business and Labor Committee recommends S.B. 137, HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONAL TRUTH IN ADVERTISING, by Senator T. Weiler, be replaced and favorably
recommends 1st Sub. S.B. 137, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL TRUTH IN
ADVERTISING with the following amendments:
Respectfully,
Curtis S. Bramble
Voting: 6-1-0
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provider delivering services directly to a patient.
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(3) A health care provider's identification may be covered if required under
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or isolation protocols.
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(4) A health care provider is not required to wear identification:
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(a) if wearing identification would jeopardize the health care provider's safety;
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(b) (i) in an office in which:
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(C) with no more than two types of health care providers in which each
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by only one health care provider in the office, a patient does not receive services
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health care provider in the office, and the health care providers do not provide cross
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of services for the patients of other health care providers in the office.
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Committee Chair
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