Senate Study Bill 1121 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KLIMESH) A BILL FOR An Act creating an emeritus license to practice medicine and 1 surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2498XC (2) 91 ss/ko
S.F. _____ Section 1. NEW SECTION . 148.4 Emeritus license. 1 1. The board shall grant an emeritus license to a physician 2 and surgeon or osteopathic physician and surgeon who is 3 at least sixty years of age, who is or will be primarily 4 engaged in the practice of supervising and training resident 5 physicians, and who submits an application on a form prescribed 6 by the board. 7 2. An emeritus license issued pursuant to this section shall 8 entitle the licensee to maintain the same scope of practice 9 as the licensee had as a physician and surgeon or osteopathic 10 physician and surgeon. 11 3. An emeritus license issued pursuant to this section shall 12 be valid for three years from the date of issue and may be 13 renewed once. 14 4. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a 15 licensee licensed pursuant to this section is not required to 16 complete continuing education credits to maintain or renew an 17 emeritus license. 18 5. The application and renewal fee for an emeritus license 19 shall be one half of the application and renewal fees for 20 a license to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic 21 medicine and surgery. 22 6. The board shall adopt rules for the implementation 23 of this section, including a rule that defines primarily 24 engaged in the practice of supervising and training resident 25 physicians. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill relates to the issuance of an emeritus license 30 to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and 31 surgery. The bill requires the board of medicine (board) 32 to issue an emeritus license to a physician and surgeon or 33 osteopathic physician and surgeon who is at least 60 years of 34 age, who is or will be primarily engaged in the practice of 35 -1- LSB 2498XC (2) 91 ss/ko 1/ 2
S.F. _____ supervising and training resident physicians, and who submits 1 an application on a form prescribed by the board. An emeritus 2 license issued pursuant to the bill entitles the licensee to 3 maintain the same scope of practice as the licensee had as a 4 physician and surgeon or osteopathic physician and surgeon, 5 does not require continuing education credits, is valid for 6 a term of three years, and may be renewed once. The bill 7 sets the application and renewal fees for an emeritus license 8 at one half of the cost for a license to practice medicine 9 and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery. The bill 10 requires the board to adopt rules for the implementation of the 11 bill, including a rule that defines primarily engaged in the 12 practice of supervising and training resident physicians. 13 -2- LSB 2498XC (2) 91 ss/ko 2/ 2