Reference is to Printer's Date 4/17/18-S.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by deleting all after the enacting words and inserting:
/ SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 47, Title 40 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 40-47-38.
(A) No provision of this article may
be construed to require a physician to secure a Maintenance of
Certification as a condition of:
(1) licensure;
(2) reimbursement;
(3) employment; or
(4) admitting
privileges at a hospital or federally qualified health center in
this State.
(B) For the purposes of
this article:
(1) 'Federally
qualified health center' or 'FQHC' means a health center that
receives a federal public health services grant under the
'Public Health Services Act,' 42 U.S.C. 254b, as amended, or
another health center designated by the United States Health
Resources and Services Administration as a federally qualified
health center; and
(2)
'Maintenance of Certification' or 'MOC' means a continuing
education program that measures core competencies in the
practice of medicine and surgery and is approved by a
nationally-recognized accrediting organization."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.