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PROFESSIONAL LICENSING AMENDMENTS

                 
2000 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Margaret Dayton

                  AN ACT RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS; EXEMPTING FROM
                  LICENSURE PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS LICENSED IN OTHER STATES WHO
                  PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AS A PUBLIC SERVICE AND WITHOUT
                  COMPENSATION.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      58-67-305, as enacted by Chapter 248, Laws of Utah 1996
                      58-68-305, as enacted by Chapter 248, Laws of Utah 1996
                      58-69-306, as enacted by Chapter 116, Laws of Utah 1996
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. Section 58-67-305 is amended to read:
                       58-67-305. Exemptions from licensure.
                      In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307 , the following individuals
                  may engage in the described acts or practices without being licensed under this chapter:
                      (1) an individual rendering aid in an emergency, when no fee or other consideration of
                  value for the service is charged, received, expected, or contemplated;
                      (2) an individual administering a domestic or family remedy;
                      (3) (a) (i) a person engaged in the sale of vitamins, health foods, dietary supplements,
                  herbs, or other products of nature, the sale of which is not otherwise prohibited by state or federal
                  law; and
                      (ii) a person acting in good faith for religious reasons, as a matter of conscience, or based
                  on a personal belief, when obtaining or providing any information regarding health care and the use
                  of any product under Subsection (3)(a)(i); and
                      (b) Subsection (3)(a) does not:
                      (i) allow a person to diagnose any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain,


                  or other condition; or
                      (ii) prohibit providing truthful and non-misleading information regarding any of the products
                  under Subsection (3)(a)(i);
                      (4) a person engaged in good faith in the practice of the religious tenets of any church or
                  religious belief, without the use of prescription drugs;
                      (5) an individual authorized by the Department of Health under Section 26-1-30 , to withdraw
                  blood to determine the alcohol or drug content pursuant to Section 41-6-44.1 ;
                      (6) a medical assistant while working under the direct and immediate supervision of a licensed
                  physician and surgeon, to the extent the medical assistant is engaged in tasks appropriately delegated
                  by the supervisor in accordance with the standards and ethics of the practice of medicine; [and]
                      (7) an individual engaging in the practice of medicine when:
                      (a) the individual is licensed in good standing as a physician in another state with no licensing
                  action pending and no less than ten years of professional experience;
                      (b) the services are rendered as a public service and for a noncommercial purpose;
                      (c) no fee or other consideration of value is charged, received, expected, or contemplated for
                  the services rendered beyond an amount necessary to cover the proportionate cost of malpractice
                  insurance; and
                      (d) the individual does not otherwise engage in unlawful or unprofessional conduct; and
                      [(7)] (8) an individual providing expert testimony in a legal proceeding.
                      Section 2. Section 58-68-305 is amended to read:
                       58-68-305. Exemptions from licensure.
                      In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307 , the following individuals
                  may engage in the described acts or practices without being licensed under this chapter:
                      (1) an individual rendering aid in an emergency, when no fee or other consideration of value
                  for the service is charged, received, expected, or contemplated;
                      (2) an individual administering a domestic or family remedy;
                      (3) (a) (i) a person engaged in the lawful sale of vitamins, health foods, dietary supplements,
                  herbs, or other products of nature, the sale of which is not otherwise prohibited by state or federal

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                  law; and
                      (ii) a person acting in good faith for religious reasons, as a matter of conscience, or based on
                  a personal belief, when obtaining or providing any information regarding health care and the use of
                  any product under Subsection (3)(a)(i); and
                      (b) Subsection (3)(a) does not:
                      (i) permit a person to diagnose any human disease, ailment, injury, infirmity, deformity, pain,
                  or other condition; or
                      (ii) prohibit providing truthful and non-misleading information regarding any of the products
                  under Subsection (3)(a)(i);
                      (4) a person engaged in good faith in the practice of the religious tenets of any church or
                  religious belief without the use of prescription drugs;
                      (5) an individual authorized by the Department of Health under Section 26-1-30 , to withdraw
                  blood to determine the alcohol or drug content pursuant to Section 41-6-44.1 ;
                      (6) a medical assistant while working under the direct and immediate supervision of a licensed
                  osteopathic physician, to the extent the medical assistant is engaged in tasks appropriately delegated
                  by the supervisor in accordance with the standards and ethics of the practice of medicine; [and]
                      (7) an individual engaging in the practice of osteopathic medicine when:
                      (a) the individual is licensed in good standing as an osteopathic physician in another state with
                  no licensing action pending and no less than ten years of professional experience;
                      (b) the services are rendered as a public service and for a noncommercial purpose;
                      (c) no fee or other consideration of value is charged, received, expected, or contemplated for
                  the services rendered beyond an amount necessary to cover the proportionate cost of malpractice
                  insurance; and
                      (d) the individual does not otherwise engage in unlawful or unprofessional conduct; and
                      [(7)] (8) an individual providing expert testimony in a legal proceeding.
                      Section 3. Section 58-69-306 is amended to read:
                       58-69-306. Exemptions from licensure.
                      In addition to the exemptions from licensure in Section 58-1-307 [,]:

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                      (1) a person performing mechanical work on inert matter in a laboratory pursuant to a written
                  prescription from a licensed dentist may engage in acts and practices included in the practice of
                  dentistry or dental hygiene without being licensed under this chapter[.]; and
                      (2) a person licensed in good standing as a dentist in another state, with no licensing action
                  pending and no less than ten years of professional experience, may engage in the practice of dentistry
                  without being licensed under this chapter if:
                      (a) the services are rendered as a public service and for a noncommercial purpose;
                      (b) no fee or other consideration of value is charged, received, expected, or contemplated
                  for the services rendered beyond an amount necessary to cover the proportionate cost of malpractice
                  insurance; and
                      (c) the individual does not otherwise engage in unlawful or unprofessional conduct.

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