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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2180 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2365
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Bruce J. Ayers
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to the civilian certification of military medical personnel.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Bruce J. Ayers1st Norfolk1/15/2025 1 of 3
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2180 FILED ON: 1/15/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2365
By Representative Ayers of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2365) of Bruce
J. Ayers relative to the civilian certification of military medical personnel. Public Health.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2126 OF 2023-2024.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act relative to the civilian certification of military medical personnel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 9K the
2following section:-
3 Section 9L. (a) For the purposes of this section, "military medical personnel" shall mean
4an individual who has served as a medic in the United States Army, medical technician in the
5United States Air Force, corpsman in the United States Navy or health services technician in the
6United States Coast Guard and who was discharged or released from such service under
7conditions other than dishonorable. In order to be eligible for participation in the program
8established pursuant to this section, the military medical personnel shall be: (i) an active-duty
9transitioning service member, (ii) a veteran, as defined in clause Forty-third of section 7 of 2 of 3
10chapter 4, who has been discharged from service no longer than 1 year prior to the date of
11application to the program, or (iii) a member of the National Guard or Reserve.
12 (b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department of
13veterans’ services, in cooperation with the department of public health and the bureau of health
14professions licensure, shall establish a program through which military medical personnel may
15practice and perform certain delegated acts that constitute the practice of medicine under the
16order and supervision of a registered physician in the commonwealth, licensed pursuant to this
17chapter; provided, that such acts shall reflect the level of training and experience of the military
18medical personnel and shall be within the scope of services for which the supervising physician
19can provide adequate supervision to ensure that accepted standards of medical practice are
20followed. The supervising physician shall retain responsibility for the care of the patient.
21 (c) Any licensed physician, professional corporation of registered physicians pursuant to
22chapter 156A, or licensed hospital or clinic may submit an application to the department of
23public health to be certified as a participating facility in the program pursuant to this section. The
24department of public health, in cooperation with the bureau of health professions licensure may,
25at their discretion, approve other facilities, organizations or locations in which military medical
26personnel may practice medicine under the conditions herein described.
27 (d) The department of veterans’ services, in cooperation with the department of public
28health and the bureau of health professions licensure, shall establish program requirements for
29participating military medical personnel, supervising physicians, licensees, and employers,
30including, but not limited to, special limited registration for participating military medics, and the 3 of 3
31bureau of health professions licensure shall promulgate regulations to implement the program
32pursuant to this section.