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ACT No. 744
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 869
BY REPRESENTATIVES PHELPS, ADAMS, BILLINGS, BOYD, BRASS, BROWN,
BRYANT, CARPENTER, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER, CHASSION,
DICKERSON, FISHER, FREEMAN, GREEN, HILFERTY, HUGHES, JACKSON,
TRAVIS JOHNSON, JORDAN, KNOX, LAFLEUR, MANDIE LANDRY,
LARVADAIN, LYONS, MARCELLE, MENA, MILLER, MOORE, NEWELL,
SELDERS, STAGNI, TAYLOR, WALTERS, WILLARD, AND YOUNG AND
SENATORS BOUDREAUX, BOUIE, CARTER, DUPLESSIS, FIELDS, HARRIS,
LUNEAU, AND PRICE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1270(A)(8), relative to continuing education requirements for
3 certain physicians and physician assistants; to provide for the treatment of sickle cell
4 disease; to provide for the duties of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners;
5 to require continuing education for the treatment of sickle cell disease; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 37:1270(A)(8) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง1270. Duties and powers of the board
10 A. The board shall:
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12 (8) Have the authority to establish and determine by rule minimum
13 requirements relative to continuing education for the renewal or reinstatement of any
14 license or permit issued by the board, except the board shall require physicians and
15 physician assistants practicing emergency medicine to complete an initial one-hour
16 continuing education course on the treatment of sickle cell disease. Thereafter, a
17 physician and physician assistant practicing emergency medicine shall complete a
18 one-hour refresher course at regular intervals no less frequently than every three
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1 years. The course shall be approved by the board and made available on the board's
2 website.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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