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SCS/HB 1682 - This act provides that licensure requirements for physicians, chiropractors, optometrists, and dentists shall be based on skill and academic competence, and licensure shall not be conditioned on participation in a health insurance plan, or a public health care system or service initiative. Applicants for licensure as a physician or surgeon must provide proof of successful completion of the USMLE or the COMLEX, rather than just proof of completion. The act repeals the provision authorizing the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts to determined the passing score of the USMLE. The act removes the provision that states that in order for the Board to waive licensure requirements for an applicant who is licensed in another state the applicant must be certified by a certifying agency in the applicant's area of speciality. The state shall not require adherence to the Federation of State Medical Boards' framework as a condition for physician license renewal or any form of specialty medical board certification to practice medicine within the state. The State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts or any other state agency shall not discriminate against physicians who do not maintain specialty medical board certification. These provisions are similar to language in HB 1816 (2016), SB 772 (2016), HB 683 (2015), SB 411 (2015), SS/SB 400 (2015), and HB 671 (2015). The act also extends the sunset provision for coverage of early refills of prescription eye drops with the authorization of a health care provider from January 1, 2017, to January 1, 2020. This provision is identical to SB 868 (2016). JESSI BAKER
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