CT SB01135

Commissioner of Public Health shall report to the joint standing committee on public health regarding licensing of nuclear medicine technologists by January 1, 2014.

Licensed podiatrists who are board qualified or certified by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery or American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine may treat the ankle and related anatomical structures, with restrictions on displaced ankle fractures and tibial pilon fractures.

Hospitals with a certificate of need for emergency coronary angioplasty services may also perform elective coronary angioplasty on patients if the patient's health care provider reasonably believes nonemergency angioplasty will be needed in the near future.

Commissioner of Public Health shall establish an advisory committee consisting of two podiatrists and two orthopedic surgeons to evaluate training and experience of applicants seeking permits for standard and advanced ankle surgery procedures.

Commissioner of Public Health shall annually obtain and make available to the public a list of colon hydrotherapists certified by the National Board for Colon Hydrotherapy.