22RS HB 352

House Bill 352

Actions

Last Action	01/24/22: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to licensing protection for health care providers and declaring an emergency.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1553
Sponsor	S. Maddox
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to prohibit action against the license of a physician or physician assistant for a recommendation of medical treatment for COVID-19 including a prescription for a drug not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for COVID-19; create a new section of KRS Chapter 314 to prohibit action against the license of an advanced practice registered nurse for a recommendation of medical treatment for COVID-19, including a prescription for a drug not approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for COVID-19; create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to prohibit a pharmacist blocking or attempting to block a patient's access to a drug prescribed by a physician, physician assistant, or APRN on the basis that the United States Food and Drug Administration has not approved the drug as a treatment for COVID-19; prohibit action against the license of a pharmacist for dispensing a prescribed drug for the treatment of COVID-19 that has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a treatment for COVID-19.
Index Headings of Original Version	Diseases - COVID-19 treatment, license protection, health care providers Drugs and Medicines - COVID-19 treatment, license protection, health care providers Effective Dates, Emergency - COVID-19 treatment, license protection, health care providers Health and Medical Services - COVID-19 treatment, license protection, health care providers Nurses - COVID-19 treatment, license protection Pharmacists - COVID-19 treatment, license protection Physicians and Practitioners - COVID-19 treatment, license protection