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HI HR137
Resolution
Status
3/15/2011
Primary Sponsor
Rida Cabanilla Arakawa
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AI Summary
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Urges the Hawaii Medical Board to adopt rules requiring clinical physician practitioners to complete 12 hours of continuing medical education on palliative care every four years to maintain licensure.
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Applies only to clinical practitioners, excluding non-clinical physicians such as medical examiners, nuclear medicine doctors, pathologists, podiatrists, public health physicians, sports medicine physicians, and those performing strictly administrative functions.
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Cites palliative care's role in relieving symptoms including pain, nausea, fatigue, depression, and anxiety, and notes that new treatment options are continuously being discovered.
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Directs certified copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Medical Examiners.
Legislative Description
Urging the Legislature to require the Hawaii medical board to adopt rules requiring continuing education on palliative care for physician clinical practitioners.
Last Action
(H) Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 40
3/17/2011