THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
364 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO SPORTS MEDICINE.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 453, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§453- Sports teams; out-of-state physicians; exemption from licensure. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, an out-of-state physician shall be exempt from the licensure requirements under section 453-2 if:
(1) (A) The out-of-state physician has a
written or oral agreement with a sports team to provide care to sports team
members for a specific sporting event to take place in the State; or
(B) The
physician has been invited by a national sport governing body to provide
services to sports team members at a national sport training center in the
State or provide services at an event or competition in the State that is
sanctioned by the national sport governing body;
(2) The
out-of-state physician's practice is limited to that required by the national
sport governing body;
(3) The services
provided by the out-of-state physician are within the out-of-state physician's
scope of practice; and
(4) At least thirty days prior to an event
described in paragraph (1)(A) or (B), the out-of-state physician shall provide
written notice to the Hawaii medical board of the nature of the event, the
dates of attendance at the event, and the identity of the sports team or teams
for which the out-of-state physician intends to provide services.
(b) An exemption granted pursuant to subsection
(a) shall remain in force while the out-of-state physician is traveling with
the sports team for two days prior to the sporting event, the duration of the
sporting event, and two days after the sporting event; provided that the
exemption shall be valid for no longer than ten days per individual sporting
event.
(c) Upon prior request by an out-of-state
physician, the board may grant the out-of-state physician additional time for
the exemption permitted by subsection (a), up to twenty additional days per
sporting event. The total number of days
an out-of-state physician may be exempt pursuant to this section, including
additional time granted upon request, shall not exceed thirty days in a
calendar year.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to
authorize an out-of-state physician to:
(1) Provide care or
consultation to any person residing in the State, other than a person described
in subsection (a); or
(2) Practice
medicine or provide care or consultation at any health care facility in the
State.
(e) The board may enter into agreements with
medical and osteopathic licensing boards of other jurisdictions to implement this
section. Agreements may include
procedures for reporting potential medical license violations.
(f) For purposes of this section:
"Health care facility"
shall have the same meaning as in section 323D-2.
"Out—of-state
physician" means a physician or osteopathic physician licensed in another
state, territory, or jurisdiction of the United States or another country who:
(1) Holds a current
license in good standing in the other jurisdiction; and
(2) Engages in the
active practice of medicine in the other jurisdiction.
"Sports team" means any
professional or amateur level group from outside the State organized for the
purpose of engaging in athletic events and that employs the services of an
out-of-state physician.
"Sports team member"
means:
(1) A member of a
sports team;
(2) A member of a
sports team's coaching, communications, equipment, or sports medicine staff;
(3) A member of a
band, dance team, or cheerleading squad accompanying a sports team; or
(4) A sport team's mascot."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Sports Teams; Out-of-State Physicians; Exemption from Licensure
Description:
Provides a limited exemption from state licensure requirements to out-of-state physicians who accompany a sports team to a specific sporting event in Hawaii or are invited to provide services at a national sport training center, event, or competition in Hawaii, if certain conditions are met. Requires out-of-state physicians to provide notice to the Hawaii medical board.
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