HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.R. NO. |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
URGING THE HAWAII MEDICAL BOARD TO REQUIRE CLINICAL PHYSICIAN PRACTITIONERS TO COMPLETE 12 HOURS OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION ON PALLIATIVE CARE EVERY FOUR YEARS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN LICENSURE.
WHEREAS, palliative care relieves symptoms, such as pain, nausea, fatigue, depression, and anxiety; and
WHEREAS, new treatment options are continuously being discovered and introduced; and
WHEREAS, continuing education will help clinical physicians stay up-to-date with current best practices; and
WHEREAS, "clinical physician practitioners" excludes non- clinical physicians, including:
(1) Medical examiners;
(2) Nuclear medicine doctors;
(3) Pathologists;
(4) Podiatrists;
(5) Public health physicians;
(6) Sports medicine physicians; and
(7) Physicians performing strictly administrative functions;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth
Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2011, that the Hawaii Medical
Board adopt rules, pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require
clinical physician practitioners to complete 12 hours of continuing medical
education on palliative care every four years to maintain licensure; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Hawaii Board of Medical Examiners.
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OFFERED BY: |
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Urging the Legislature to require the Hawaii medical board to adopt rules requiring continuing education on palliative care for physician clinical practitioners.