SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1000, 1604, 1722 PRINTER'S NO. 2949
No. 914 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY MR. W. W. FOSTER, MISS SIRIANNI, MESSRS. MADIGAN,
BURD, KOWALYSHYN, MUSTO AND SCHEAFFER, MARCH 28, 1979
SENATOR SCHAEFER, PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
FEBRUARY 26, 1980
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 20, 1974 (P.L.551, No.190), entitled
2 "An act relating to the right to practice medicine and
3 surgery in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and establishing
4 means and methods whereby the right to practice medicine and
5 surgery and any of its branches and limited right to practice
6 medically related acts may be obtained, and exemptions
7 therefrom; imposing powers and duties on the State Board of
8 Medical Education and Licensure; providing for appropriation
9 of board fees to carry out the provisions thereof, and for
10 the granting, revocation and suspension of licenses;
11 providing penalties for violations; and making repeals,"
12 providing for a short-term camp physician license.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. Section 4, act of July 20, 1974 (P.L.551,
16 No.190), known as the "Medical Practice Act of 1974," is amended
17 by adding a clause to read:
18 Section 4. The Board's Power to Grant License.--The board
19 may grant the following licenses:
20 * * *
21 (5) Short-term Camp Physician License. A short-term license
22 valid for a period of three months may be granted by the board
1 to physicians licensed and in good standing in other states or
2 Canada who intend to practice medicine as physicians in summer
3 camps in the Commonwealth. Such licensees shall be deemed
4 "health care providers" WHO CONDUCT FIFTY PER CENT OR LESS OF <--
5 THEIR HEALTH CARE BUSINESS OR PRACTICE WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH
6 for the purposes of the act of October 15, 1975 (P.L.390,
7 No.111), known as the "Health Care Services Malpractice Act." A
8 fee of twenty-five dollars ($25) shall be payable for the
9 issuance of such license.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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