HB 2808 — medical board; disciplinary action

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medicaldisciplinary board;action State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2808 AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 32-1451, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

disciplinary action State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session HB 2808 Introduced by Representatives Heap:

Keshel, Way AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 32-1451, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - HBH.B. 2808 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

2808 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

The board shall inform all appropriate health care institutions in this state as defined in section 36-401 and the Arizona health care cost containment - 1 - HBH.B. 2808 system administration of a resignation, denial, revocation, suspension or limitation, and the general reason for that action, without divulging the name of the reporting health care institution.

2808 system administration of a resignation, denial, revocation, suspension or limitation, and the general reason for that action, without divulging the name of the reporting health care institution.

If the board finds that it can take rehabilitative or disciplinary action without the presence of the doctor OF MEDICINE at a formal interview, it may enter into a consent agreement with the doctor OF - 2 - HBH.B. 2808 MEDICINE to limit or restrict the doctor's DOCTOR OF MEDICINE'S practice or to rehabilitate the doctor OF MEDICINE in order to protect the public and ensure the doctor's DOCTOR OF MEDICINE'S ability to safely engage in the practice of medicine.

2808 MEDICINE to limit or restrict the doctor's DOCTOR OF MEDICINE'S practice or to rehabilitate the doctor OF MEDICINE in order to protect the public and ensure the doctor's DOCTOR OF MEDICINE'S ability to safely engage in the practice of medicine.

A decree of censure is an official action against the doctor's DOCTOR OF MEDICINE'S license and may include a - 3 - HBH.B. 2808 requirement for restitution of fees to a patient resulting from violations of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.

2808 requirement for restitution of fees to a patient resulting from violations of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.

If the ARIZONA MEDICAL board acts to modify any doctor of medicine's prescription writing privileges, the ARIZONA MEDICAL board - 4 - HBH.B. 2808 shall immediately notify the ARIZONA state board of pharmacy of the modification.

2808 shall immediately notify the ARIZONA state board of pharmacy of the modification.

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