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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 152
BY SENATOR MICHOT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
HEALTH SERVICES. Provides for requirements of advertising by physicians. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:1285(A)(32), relative to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners;2
to provide for advertisement requirements by physicians; to provide for causes for3
which the board may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke, any license or4
permit, or impose probationary or other restrictions on the license of a physician; and5
to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 37:1285(A)(32) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1285. Causes for nonissuance; suspension; revocation; or the imposition of9
restrictions; fines; reinstatement; publication of action; stays10
A. The board may refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke any license or11
permit, or impose probationary or other restrictions on any license or permit issued12
under this Part for the following causes:13
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(32) Holding oneself out to the public in any manner as being certified15
or eligible for certification by a public or private board or parent association,16
including but not limited to a multidisciplinary board or association or "board17 SB NO. 152
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certified", unless all of the following criteria are satisfied:1
(a) The full name of the board from which the physician is certified or2
eligible for certification and the name of the specialty or subspecialty is included3
in the advertisement.4
(b) The board or association meets any of the following qualifications:5
(i) The board or association is an American Board of Medical Specialties6
member board.7
(ii) The board or association has been approved by the Louisiana State8
Board of Medical Examiners.9
(iii) A board or association with an Accreditation Council for Graduate10
Medical Education approved postgraduate training program that provides11
complete training in that specialty or subspecialty.12
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Greg Waddell.
DIGEST
Proposed law adds certain advertisements by physicians as cause for the Louisiana State
Board of Medical Examiners to refuse to issue, or may suspend or revoke, any license or
permit, or impose probationary or other restrictions on the license of the physician.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Adds R.S. 37:1285(A)(32))