SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1090 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1067
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Frederick E. Berry
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to ionizing radiation..
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PETITION OF:
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Frederick E. Berry |
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Harriette L. Chandler |
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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1090 FILED ON: 1/20/2011
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1067
By Mr. Berry, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1067) of Chandler and Berry for legislation to authorize physicians to delegate certain radiological procedures including procedures to physician assistants [Joint Committee on Public Health]. |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2178 OF 2009-2010.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven
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An Act relative to ionizing radiation..
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Chapter 112 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “facilities” in section 9E the following:-
“Physicians may delegate radiological procedures, including procedures using fluoroscopy, to a physician assistant who has completed a radiation safety course as prescribed by 105 CMR- 120.405.”
Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the word “employed” in Section 5L the following:
(iii). A Physician Assistant registered under MGL Chapter 111, Section 9C, who has been delegated by a supervising physician the performance of radiological procedures including fluoroscopy and has completed a radiation safety course as prescribed by 105 CMR - 120.405”