HB184: (New Title) relative to the license requirement for medical imaging and radiation therapy and relative to registration by practitioners with the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

CHAPTER 11

HB 184-FN - FINAL VERSION

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2017 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 184-FN

AN ACT relative to the license requirement for medical imaging and radiation therapy and relative to registration by practitioners with the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill extends the date for performing medical imaging or radiation therapy without a license and for registering with the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy under the grandfather provision for current practitioners.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

AN ACT relative to the license requirement for medical imaging and radiation therapy and relative to registration by practitioners with the board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

11:1 Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy; License Required. Amend RSA 328-J:10 to read as follows:

328-J:10 License Required. Beginning [July 1, 2017] July 31, 2018, no person shall perform medical imaging or administer radiation therapy procedures on humans for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes as defined in this chapter or otherwise indicate or imply that the person is licensed to perform medical imaging procedures or administer radiation therapy unless that person is currently licensed under this chapter.

11:2 Medical Imaging or Radiation Therapy; Grandfather Provision; Date Extended. Amend RSA 328-J:22, I to read as follows:

I. Register with the board on or before [July 1, 2017] July 31, 2018.

11:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: April 17, 2017

Effective Date: April 17, 2017