PRINTER'S NO. 662
No. 596 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY HENNESSEY, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, COHEN, DALEY,
DENLINGER, FREEMAN, GINGRICH, HARPER, HERSHEY, JAMES, MELIO,
MURT, PETRONE, PYLE, RAPP, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SCHRODER,
SONNEY, STABACK, STERN AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 6, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, MARCH 6, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), entitled
2 "An act requiring the licensing of practitioners of
3 osteopathic medicine and surgery; regulating their practice;
4 providing for certain funds and penalties for violations and
5 repeals," providing for waiver of biennial registration fee.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Section 10(e) of the act of October 5, 1978
9 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice
10 Act, amended December 20, 1985 (P.L.398, No.108), is amended and
11 the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
12 Section 10. Licenses; exemptions; nonresident practitioners;
13 graduate students; biennial registration and
14 continuing medical education.
15 * * *
16 (e) [A person] Subject to subsection (e.1), an individual
17 registering with the board shall pay, for each biennial
18 registration, a fee. It shall accompany the application for
1 registration. Upon receiving a proper application for
2 registration accompanied by the fee and evidence satisfactory to
3 the board of compliance with the continuing medical education
4 requirements of subsection (d), the board shall issue its
5 certificate of registration to the applicant. It and its
6 renewals shall be good and sufficient evidence of registration.
7 (e.1) The board may waive the fee for biennial registration
8 in cases where an individual presents evidence that payment of
9 the fee will cause undue economic hardship. The request for
10 waiver shall be made in writing. The board shall respond to the
11 request for waiver via registered mail and shall set forth its
12 reasons for acceptance or denial of the request.
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14 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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