Provides guidelines, corrective actions, and transparency, and reconfigures the composition of committees of professional conduct within the office of professional medical conduct.
Health professionals; unprofessional conduct
Requires the reporting of sentences of certain medical professionals to the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours; requires the department of health to disseminate a criminal conviction and sentence of a physician within forty-eight hours of receipt.
Grants access to patient or client records for the Board of Professional Medical Conduct for the purpose of investigation and prosecution of professional licensing and misconduct proceedings.
Requires the prosecutor to report convictions of certain persons subject to the office of professional medical conduct to the court after conviction and prior to sentencing.
Health professionals; disclosure; unprofessional conduct
Exempts police and peace officers receiving treatment from mandatory reporting of substantial risk or threat of harm by mental health professionals, unless the mental health professional determines, based on reasonable professional judgment, that the condition impairs such person's ability to perform their job duties.
Provides that the results of urine tests conducted pursuant to a judicial diversion program shall be private and confidential.
Provides that the results of urine tests conducted pursuant to a judicial diversion program shall be private and confidential.
Relates to requirements for medical professionals and health care facilities that provide medication to patients for medical aid in dying; extends the initial effectiveness of certain provisions relating thereto.