In February of 2016, two critical policy-making agencies collaborated to revise their approach to combating opioid addiction in Kansas. Delegates from Kansas’s State Board of Healing Arts and the Board of Nursing met to discuss a proposed redrafting of a “Joint Pain Management Policy.” The draft serves as an attempt to devise pain management plans […]
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The Kansas legislature amended the Healing Arts Statute in 2015. The statutory amendments are designed to address certain failings of the previous statutory provisions. Furthermore, the amended sections align statutory regulations with the reality of the practice of medicine today. The amendments impose more severe criminal punishments for practicing medicine without a license as well […]
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A recently enacted bill allows medical school graduates to practice medicine in collaboration with supervising physicians. The statute, known as Section 334.036, permits assistant physicians to practice medicine in rural or underserved locations in Missouri. The law facilitates delivery of health care services to citizens who have little or no opportunity to avail themselves of […]
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On January 11, 2016, amendments to the regulations governing physician assistants in Kansas became effective. Generally speaking, the new regulations permit greater flexibility to physician assistants in some aspects while placing greater responsibility on the attending physician. The goal of the amendments is better patient care. Being aware of the changes is vitally important to […]
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Professional engineers who affix their seal to plans for a structure must proceed with caution. The engineer may become liable for subordinates’ or other licensees’ mistakes. Therefore, professional engineers must take every precaution to make certain that subordinates’ plans as well as plans drafted by other licensees satisfy the standards in the profession. Failure to […]
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Medical professionals must learn very private details of their patients’ lives to properly treat them. Likewise, patients must trust their physicians with intimate and private information so they get the care they deserve. Both patient and care giver understand and rely upon the confidentiality which is essential to proper medical care. In the ordinary case, […]
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Kansas State Board of Healing Arts and Board of Nursing Collaborate On Pain Management Initiative
/in Professional Licensing/by Sanger Law OfficeIn February of 2016, two critical policy-making agencies collaborated to revise their approach to combating opioid addiction in Kansas. Delegates from Kansas’s State Board of Healing Arts and the Board of Nursing met to discuss a proposed redrafting of a “Joint Pain Management Policy.” The draft serves as an attempt to devise pain management plans […]
Kansas Amends The Healing Arts Statute
/in Professional Licensing/by Sanger Law OfficeThe Kansas legislature amended the Healing Arts Statute in 2015. The statutory amendments are designed to address certain failings of the previous statutory provisions. Furthermore, the amended sections align statutory regulations with the reality of the practice of medicine today. The amendments impose more severe criminal punishments for practicing medicine without a license as well […]
Recently Enacted Statute Permits Collaborative Practice Arrangements
/in Professional Licensing/by Sanger Law OfficeA recently enacted bill allows medical school graduates to practice medicine in collaboration with supervising physicians. The statute, known as Section 334.036, permits assistant physicians to practice medicine in rural or underserved locations in Missouri. The law facilitates delivery of health care services to citizens who have little or no opportunity to avail themselves of […]
Physician Assistants In Kansas Must Be Aware Of New Regulations
/in Professional Licensing/by Sanger Law OfficeOn January 11, 2016, amendments to the regulations governing physician assistants in Kansas became effective. Generally speaking, the new regulations permit greater flexibility to physician assistants in some aspects while placing greater responsibility on the attending physician. The goal of the amendments is better patient care. Being aware of the changes is vitally important to […]
Vicarious Liability Can Lead To Ethical Violations
/in Professional Licensing/by Sanger Law OfficeProfessional engineers who affix their seal to plans for a structure must proceed with caution. The engineer may become liable for subordinates’ or other licensees’ mistakes. Therefore, professional engineers must take every precaution to make certain that subordinates’ plans as well as plans drafted by other licensees satisfy the standards in the profession. Failure to […]
Duty To Warn: Disclosure Versus Privacy In Missouri
/in Professional Licensing/by Sanger Law OfficeMedical professionals must learn very private details of their patients’ lives to properly treat them. Likewise, patients must trust their physicians with intimate and private information so they get the care they deserve. Both patient and care giver understand and rely upon the confidentiality which is essential to proper medical care. In the ordinary case, […]