Bill Amendment: AZ HB2187 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular
Bill Title: Health professionals; title use; prohibitions
Status: 2024-02-12 - House HHS Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0) [HB2187 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2024-HB2187-HOUSE_-_Health_Human_Services.html
Fifty-sixth Legislature Health & Human Services
Second Regular Session H.B. 2187
PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2187
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, line 27, after ""pediatrician"," insert ""plastic surgeon", "family physician", "family medicine physician","
Page 2, line 6, after "title" insert "in AN advertisement, professional communication or clinical setting"
Line 23, after "not" insert "prohibit a health professional from doing any of the following"
Line 24, strike "prohibit a health professional from"
Line 26, strike "prohibit any health professional from"; after "displaying" insert "in any clinical setting any"
Line 27, strike "in any clinical setting"
Line 28, strike "prevent a health professional from"
Between lines 30 and 31, insert:
"4. Using a title in a nonclinical setting or in communications that are not directed to patients or prospective patients.
5. Using a title in a clinical setting if the health professional, who is not a physician, is an instructor who possesses a doctoral-level degree and who is providing direct instruction to students."
Line 40, after "cards" insert "that are provided to patients or prospective patients"; after "badges" insert "that are used in a clinical setting"
After line 43, insert:
"2. "Clinical setting" means a setting in which the primary purpose is to deliver medical care or health care services to patients."
Renumber to conform
Page 3, between lines 7 and 8, insert:
"4. "Professional communication" means any communication between a licensed health professional and a patient or prospective patient regarding medical care or health care services."
Amend title to conform
