ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session
	Senate: HHS DPA 8-0-0-0 | 3^rd Read 30-0-0-0 House: HHS DPA 8-0-0-1 | 3^rd Read 60-0-0-0 Final Read: 30-0-0-0

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SB 1278: health professionals; preceptorships

Sponsor:  Senator Pace, LD  25

Transmitted to the Governor

Overview

Requires specified health profession regulatory boards to develop a preceptorship awareness campaign.

History

In Arizona, a health profession regulatory board regulates, certifies and licenses various health professions under Title 32 including: 1) medicine and surgery as a physician; 2) nursing; 3) osteopathic medicine; and 4) medicine as a physician assistant (A.R.S. 32-3101).           

Statute allows a health profession regulatory board to issue and approve preceptorships to an applicant or licensee who: 1) fulfills prescribed requirements; 2) has not had a license suspended or revoked; 3) is not currently under investigation; 4) has not surrendered a license in lieu of a disciplinary action; 5) has not engaged in any criminal or civil conduct that would be considered unprofessional conduct; and 6) has no disciplinary action on a license (A.R.S. § 32-3123).

Provisions

1. Requires the Arizona Medical Board, the Arizona State Board of Nursing, the Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery and the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants to develop a preceptorship awareness campaign that educates licensed health professionals on how to become and the benefits of being a medical preceptor for students. (Sec. 1, 3, 4, 6)

2. Defines medical preceptor and nursing preceptor as a licensed medical professional or licensed nursing professional who maintains an active practice in Arizona. (Sec. 1, 3, 4, 6)

3. Defines preceptorship to:

a) Include a mentoring experience in which a medical preceptor provides a program of personalized instruction, training and supervision, which may include educating the student about dispensing drugs and devices, to enable a student to obtain a medical professional degree and become licensed; and

b) Exclude mentoring about abortion. (Sec. 1, 3, 4, 6)

4. Defines student and graduate student. (Sec 1, 3, 4, 6)

5. Allows a physician who dispenses no more than a two day supply of a noncontrolled substance medication that is kept by a health care institution to dispense the medication under the dispensing registration of the medical director of an institute's emergency department and is not required to register to dispense medications if the physician:

a) Dispenses only to patients of the institution's emergency department for conditions diagnosed or treated at the emergency department; and

b) Works only at the institution's emergency department. (Sec. 2, 5)

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