HB 1185 Summary

• Requires physicians and osteopathic physicians operating clinics that advertise or perform stem cell procedures to register with the Department of Health, with exemptions for facilities licensed under chapter 395, physician-owned clinics, accredited medical schools, and specific procedures like umbilical cord blood banking and platelet-rich plasma injections.

• Mandates each clinic location register separately and designate a physician responsible for compliance; clinics must notify the department within 10 days of a designated physician's termination and replace them, with failure to maintain a licensed designated physician subject to summary suspension.

• Prohibits physicians from practicing medicine or osteopathic physicians from practicing osteopathic medicine in unregistered stem cell clinics, subject to disciplinary action by their medical regulatory board.

• Imposes administrative fines up to $5,000 per violation for violations of registration requirements, drug and cosmetic laws, or federal regulations; each day of continuing violation counts as a separate violation, and operating concurrent unregistered clinics incurs $5,000 per day per location.

• Requires applicants to pay all registration and inspection costs; directs boards to adopt rules regarding advertising, adverse incident reporting, and informed consent; effective July 1, 2018.