As Reported by the Senate Health, Human Services            2            

                       and Ading Committee                         2            

123rd General Assembly                                             5            

   Regular Session                              Sub. H. B. No. 90  6            

      1999-2000                                                    7            


   REPRESENTATIVES TERWILLEGER-KREBS-D. MILLER-OPFER-PRINGLE-      9            

        BARRETT-ROMAN-BARNES-VAN VYVEN-GARDNER-ASLANIDES-          10           

   MOTTLEY-O'BRIEN-MEAD-ALLEN-SULLIVAN-GRENDELL-SUTTON-BENDER-     11           

                   SENATORS DRAKE-KEARNS-SPADA                     12           


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                          A   B I L L                                           

             To enact section 4731.227 of the Revised Code to      16           

                permit physicians to use alternative medical       18           

                treatments if the care is reasonable when          19           

                compared to conventional medical care, the         21           

                patient has been given information necessary to                 

                provide informed consent, and the treatment meets  22           

                the standards enforced by the State Medical        23           

                Board.                                             24           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        26           

      Section 1.  That section 4731.227 of the Revised Code be     29           

enacted to read as follows:                                                     

      Sec. 4731.227.  AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE         31           

MEDICINE AND SURGERY OR OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY MAY USE   33           

ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENTS IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS PROVIDED THE  34           

INFORMATION NECESSARY TO OBTAIN INFORMED CONSENT FROM THE PATIENT  35           

AND THE TREATMENT MEETS THE STANDARDS ENFORCED BY THE STATE        36           

MEDICAL BOARD PURSUANT TO SECTION 4731.22 OF THE REVISED CODE AND               

ANY RULES ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.                                    37           

      AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT"     40           

MEANS CARE THAT IS COMPLEMENTARY TO OR DIFFERENT FROM                           

CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL CARE BUT IS REASONABLE WHEN THE BENEFITS AND  42           

RISKS OF THE ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THE CONVENTIONAL    44           

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MEDICAL CARE ARE COMPARED.