Bill Text: HI SB984 | 2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To Workers' Compensation Physician.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-11 - Act 153, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1254). [SB984 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-SB984-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	984
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PHYSICIAN.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 386-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "physician" to read as follows:

     ""Physician" includes a doctor of medicine, a dentist, a chiropractor, an osteopath, a naturopathic physician, a psychologist, an optometrist, an advanced practice registered nurse, and a podiatrist."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

 

Report Title:

Workers' Compensation; Physician

 

Description:

Amends the definition of "physician" in Workers' Compensation Law to include advanced practice registered nurses.  (CD1)

 

 

 

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