Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-51-210.
(A) Surgery of the ankle and soft
tissue structures governing the ankle must be performed in an
accredited hospital or ambulatory surgical center. A podiatrist
who performs osseous (boney) surgical procedures of the ankle
and related soft tissue structures governing the ankle must be
board-certified or board-qualified by the American Board of
Podiatric Surgery, must have graduated from a three-year
residency program in podiatric medicine and surgery accredited
by the Council on Podiatric Medical Education or its successor
organization at the time of graduation, and shall satisfy all
requirements for credentials as outlined by the facility. In
addition to granting or denying privileges, the governing body
of each hospital or ambulatory surgical center may suspend,
revoke, or modify these privileges. An applicant or individual
who has privileges shall comply with applicable medical staff
bylaws, rules, and regulations, including the policies and
procedures governing the qualifications of applicants and the
scope and delineation of privileges.
(B) With respect to the
practice of podiatry in health facilities throughout this State,
medical staff governing documents shall include and provide for
the right to pursue and practice full clinical and surgical
privileges for holders of a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM)
degree within the scope of his licensure. These rights and
privileges only may be limited or restricted on the basis of the
demonstrated competence of an individual practitioner. This
competence must be determined by health facility rules,
regulations, and procedures that are necessary and are applied
in good faith, equally and in a nondiscriminatory manner, to all
practitioners regardless of their professional degree.
(C) Nothing in this
section may be construed to require a health facility to offer a
specific health service not otherwise offered by it. If a health
service is offered, the facility shall not discriminate among
people holding Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathy, or
Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degrees who are authorized by law
to provide these health services."
SECTION 2. Section 40-51-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 40-51-20.
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) 'Podiatry'
shall mean means the diagnosis,
medical and surgical, medical, and
mechanical treatment limited to ailments
of all conditions of the human foot, except the
administration of an anaesthetic other than local
ankle, and related soft tissue structures to the level of the
myotendinous junction. The practice of podiatry includes the
administration of local anesthesia, defined as localized
infiltration only, and in conjunction with the practice of
podiatry.
(2) 'Diagnosis'
shall mean means to ascertain a disease
or ailment by symptoms and findings and does not confer the
right to use X-ray other than for diagnosis.
(3) 'Medical treatment'
shall mean means the application or
prescribing of any therapeutic agent or remedy for the relief of
foot ailments, except the medical treatment of
any a systemic disease causing
manifestations in the foot.
(4) 'Surgical
treatment' shall mean the use of any cutting instrument to treat
a disease, ailment, deformity or condition of the foot, but
shall not confer the right to amputate the foot or toes
'Podiatrist' means a person licensed pursuant to this chapter
and by this license may diagnose and treat conditions of the
human foot and ankle."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.