HB2195 Summary

• Changes unprofessional conduct definition to prohibit "a pattern of using or being under the influence of alcohol or drugs" while practicing medicine instead of "habitual intemperance."

• Modifies board compensation from a fixed amount to "up to two hundred fifty dollars per day" for actual service and meeting preparation.

• Streamlines temporary licensure requirements by removing requirements that physicians have never had licenses revoked/suspended and are not subject to unresolved complaints, instead requiring only that they meet basic licensure standards and hold active unrestricted licenses.

• Simplifies substance abuse program language to reference the specific unprofessional conduct definition rather than repeated descriptions of impairment, and updates terminology from "stipulation order" to "consent agreement."

• Updates mental health treatment program to allow voluntary participation by licensees with qualifying disorders who have not committed statutory violations, and adds automatic reporting requirements to both medical and physician assistant boards.