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Committee hears bill to set standards for mental and physical exams for health licensees
Summary
An amended House Bill 238 would limit board-ordered fitness-for-duty evaluations to health-related licensing boards and set a four-factor test and protections for licensees, department witnesses said.
Representative Jodie Echart introduced House Bill 2 38 and asked the House Business and Labor Committee to consider an amended version that narrows the bill to health-related licensing boards.
What the bill would do: The amendment would limit authority to order mental or physical evaluations to boards that license health practitioners — specifically alternative health care, behavioral health, veterinary medicine and boards licensing medical practitioners under the cited statutory definition — and would set parameters for when those evaluations may be ordered. Quinlan O'Connor, chief legal counsel for the Department of Labor and Industry, told the committee the change responds to stakeholder concerns and clarifies when boards should use evaluations.
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