Amends TCA Title 33, Chapter 2; Title 63 and Title 68, Chapter 11.
ON APRIL 15, 2019, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 367, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to specify that the present law requirement for licensure of persons who practice medicine does not prohibit a licensed nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility from employing or contracting with a physician if the facility has a physician in the ownership structure of its controlling business entity and the employment relationship between the physician to be employed or contracted with and the nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility is evidenced by a written contract or employment agreement containing language that does not restrict the physician from exercising independent professional medical judgment in diagnosing and treating patients. There are several similar provisions in present law, which specify that different types of health care facilities may employ a physician without the facility being engaged in the practice of medicine so long as steps are taken to ensure the physician's independent professional judgment.<br /> <br />
ON APRIL 15, 2019, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 367, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to specify that the present law requirement for licensure of persons who practice medicine does not prohibit a licensed nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility from employing or contracting with a physician if the facility has a physician in the ownership structure of its controlling business entity and the employment relationship between the physician to be employed or contracted with and the nonresidential office-based opiate treatment facility is evidenced by a written contract or employment agreement containing language that does not restrict the physician from exercising independent professional medical judgment in diagnosing and treating patients. There are several similar provisions in present law, which specify that different types of health care facilities may employ a physician without the facility being engaged in the practice of medicine so long as steps are taken to ensure the physician's independent professional judgment.<br /> <br />
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