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H. B. No. 189 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 125th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2003-2004 |
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Representative Blasdel
A BILL
To amend section 3727.06 of the Revised Code to allow podiatrists to make independent hospital admissions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3727.06 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: Sec. 3727.06. (A) As used in this section:
(1) "Doctor" means either a doctor of medicine and surgery or a doctor of osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(2) "Podiatrist" means a doctor of podiatric medicine and surgery.
(B) Only a doctor
of medicine who is a member of
the medical staff, doctor of osteopathic medicine who is a member
of the medical staff,
or dentist who is a member of the medical
staff, or podiatrist who is a member of the medical staff may admit a patient to a hospital, but a podiatrist who is
a member of the staff of a hospital may co-admit a patient with a
doctor of medicine who is a member of the medical staff or doctor
of osteopathic medicine who is a member of the medical staff. (C) All hospital patients shall be under the medical
supervision of a doctor
of medicine or doctor of osteopathic
medicine, except that services that may be rendered by a licensed
dentist pursuant to Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code provided to
patients admitted solely for the purpose of receiving such
services shall be under the supervision of the admitting dentist
and that services that may be rendered by a podiatrist pursuant to section 4731.51 of the Revised Code provided to patients admitted solely for the purpose of receiving such services shall be under the supervision of the admitting podiatrist.
If treatment not within the scope of Chapter 4715.
or section 4731.51 of the Revised
Code is required at the time of admission by a dentist
or podiatrist, or
becomes necessary during the course of hospital treatment by a
dentist
or podiatrist, such treatment shall be under the supervision of a
doctor
of medicine who is a member of the medical staff or a
doctor of osteopathic medicine who is a member of the medical
staff. It shall be the responsibility of the admitting dentist
or podiatrist to make arrangements with a doctor
of medicine who is a member of
the medical staff or a doctor of osteopathic medicine who is a
member of the medical staff to be responsible for the patient's
treatment outside the scope of Chapter 4715.
or section 4731.51 of the Revised Code
when necessary during the patient's stay in the hospital. Section 2. That existing section 3727.06 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed. |
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