Amendment ID: S2010-23

Amendment 23

Electronic Medical Records

Messrs. Kennedy, Rush and Timilty move to amend the bill by inserting, after section __, the following section:-

“SECTION X. The first paragraph of section 2 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the second sentence the following 3 sentences:-

The board shall require that applicants for full licensure, who are engaged in direct patient care, demonstrate that their practice utilizes digitized patient-specific clinical information. Practicing physicians, whose patient records are not digitized, shall be required to demonstrate to the board familiarity with the use of digitized records in comprehensive patient care. The board shall determine the appropriate means to facilitate the implementation of this section.

Section 2. Sections 108 and 299 of chapter 224 of the acts of 2012 are hereby repealed.

Section 3. The provisions of this section shall have an effective date of Jan 1 2015.”