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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 505
BY SENATOR HEITMEIER
PHYSICIANS. Provides for an automatic suspension of a physician's license. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:1287.2, relative to a physician's license; to provide for the automatic2
suspension of a physician's license; to provide for a hearing; to provide for an3
effective date; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:1287.2 is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
ยง1287.2. Automatic suspension of a license7
A. Any license or permit issued by the board to a physician shall be8
automatically suspended upon a physician's conviction or entry of a plea of9
guilty or nolo contendere to a felony that constitutes a crime of violence as10
defined in R.S. 14:2, arises out of the practice of medicine, or arises out of the11
billing for health care services.12
B.(1) The automatic suspension provided for in this Section shall remain13
in effect from the date of conviction or plea until the conclusion of the14
administrative proceedings and issuance of a final decision, consent order or15
other order by the board pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.16
(2) An individual whose license has been automatically suspended may17 SB NO. 505
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request an expedited hearing before the board. The hearing required in1
Paragraph A(1) of this Section shall begin no later than ninety days from the2
date of the board's receipt of such request.3
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Heitmeier (SB 505)
Proposed law provides any board issued license or permit to a physician shall be
automatically suspended upon a physician's conviction or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo
contendere to a felony that constitutes a crime of violence as defined in present law, arises
out of the practice of medicine, or arises out of the billing for health care services.
Proposed law provides the automatic suspension shall remain in effect from the date of
conviction or plea until the conclusion of the administrative proceedings and issuance of a
final decision, consent order or other order by the board pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure Act.
Proposed law provides an individual whose license has been automatically suspended may
request an expedited hearing before the board.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 37:1287.2)