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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
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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
by a public or private board including but not limited to a multidisciplinary16
board or "board certified", unless all of the following criteria are satisfied:17 SB NO. 152
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(a) The full name of the board from which the physician is certified and1
the name of the specialty or subspecialty is included in the advertisement.2
(b) The board meets any of the following qualifications:3
(i) The board is an American Board of Medical Specialties member4
board or an American Osteopathic Association certifying board.5
(ii) The board has been approved by the Louisiana State Board of6
Medical Examiners.7
(iii) A board requiring an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical8
Education or American Osteopathic Association approved postgraduate9
training program that provides complete training in that specialty or10
subspecialty.11
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The original instrument was prepared by Greg Waddell. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Michot (SB 152)
Proposed law adds certain advertisements by a physician holding himself out to the public
in any manner as being certified by a public or private board as cause for the Louisiana State
Board of Medical Examiners to refuse to issue or suspend or revoke any license or permit,
or impose probationary or other restrictions on the license of the physician, unless certain
criteria are satisfied.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Adds R.S. 37:1285(A)(32))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and International Affairs to the original bill.
1. Adds American Osteopathic Association certifying board to the criteria for
certification for certain advertisement.