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AL SB413
Bill
Status
3/15/2012
Primary Sponsor
Tammy Irons
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AI Summary
SB 413 Summary
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Licensed physicians and health care providers in Alabama cannot be forced by state or local regulatory authority to perform any medical service that is not medically necessary or would be harmful to the patient when the patient does not desire the service.
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The right to practice within the scope of a medical license supersedes any existing or future legislative act.
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The bill is known as the Right to Professional Medical Judgment Act.
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The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Health care, licensed physician or health care provider, allowed to refuse to perform unnecessary medical services or services that could harm patient, Right to Professional Medical Judgment Act
Health Care
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
3/15/2012