As Passed by the Senate                       1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                              Sub. H. B. No. 90  5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


   REPRESENTATIVES TERWILLEGER-KREBS-D. MILLER-OPFER-PRINGLE-      8            

        BARRETT-ROMAN-BARNES-VAN VYVEN-GARDNER-ASLANIDES-          9            

   MOTTLEY-O'BRIEN-MEAD-ALLEN-SULLIVAN-GRENDELL-SUTTON-BENDER-     10           

                   SENATORS DRAKE-KEARNS-SPADA                     11           


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             To enact section 4731.227 of the Revised Code to      15           

                permit physicians to use alternative medical       17           

                treatments if the care is reasonable when          18           

                compared to conventional medical care, the         20           

                patient has been given information necessary to                 

                provide informed consent, and the treatment meets  21           

                the standards enforced by the State Medical        22           

                Board.                                             23           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        25           

      Section 1.  That section 4731.227 of the Revised Code be     28           

enacted to read as follows:                                                     

      Sec. 4731.227.  AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE         30           

MEDICINE AND SURGERY OR OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE AND SURGERY MAY USE   32           

ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENTS IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS PROVIDED THE  33           

INFORMATION NECESSARY TO OBTAIN INFORMED CONSENT FROM THE PATIENT  34           

AND THE TREATMENT MEETS THE STANDARDS ENFORCED BY THE STATE        35           

MEDICAL BOARD PURSUANT TO SECTION 4731.22 OF THE REVISED CODE AND               

ANY RULES ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.                                    36           

      AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT"     39           

MEANS CARE THAT IS COMPLEMENTARY TO OR DIFFERENT FROM                           

CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL CARE BUT IS REASONABLE WHEN THE BENEFITS AND  41           

RISKS OF THE ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT AND THE CONVENTIONAL    43           

MEDICAL CARE ARE COMPARED.