REFERENCE TITLE: hospitals; early treatment protocols; COVID-19

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

HB 2475

Introduced by

Representative Montenegro

An Act

amending title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 36-407.04; relating to health care institutions.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 36, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 36-407.04, to read:

START_STATUTE36-407.04. Hospitals; early treatment protocol policies; COVID-19

Each hospital shall develop an early treatment protocol policy for COVID-19 that includes the use of off-label therapeutics that are reasonable and acceptable through case reports and published scientific studies from either the national institutes of health or the national center for biotechnology information.END_STATUTE