SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[P E R F E C T E D]
SENATE BILL NO. 714
91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SINGLETON.
Pre-filed December 1, 2001, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.
Read 2nd time January 14, 2002, and referred to the Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
Reported from the Committee February 25, 2002, with recommendation that the bill do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.
Taken up March 5, 2002. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.
TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.
2938S.03P
AN ACT
To repeal section 190.500, RSMo, relating to the declaration of a state public health emergency, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 190.500, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 190.500, to read as follows:
190.500. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a temporary license may be issued for no more than a twelve-month period by the appropriate licensing board to any otherwise qualified health care professional licensed and in good standing in another state and who meets such other requirements as the licensing board may prescribe by rule and regulation, if the health care professional:
(1) Is acting pursuant to federal military orders under Title X for active duty personnel or Title XXXII for military reservists; and
(2) Is enrolled in an accredited training program for trauma treatment and disaster response in a hospital in this state; or
(3) If the health care professional is acting pursuant to the governor's declaration of a state public health emergency, such temporary licensure shall be issued pursuant to this subdivision for a two-week period and, upon license verification, may be reissued every two weeks thereafter.
2. Licensure information and confirmation of health care professionals acting pursuant to this section may be obtained by any available means, including electronic mail.