BOMEX; regulation;
discipline
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Committee on Retirement & Government Operations |
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Committee on Health |
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As Passed the House |
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HB 2167 increases the number of members of the Allopathic Board of Medical Examiners (BOMEX) from 12 to 15 members, increases the minimum civil penalty imposed by BOMEX and requires each initial or renewal license applicant to submit fingerprints for state and federal criminal checks.
Currently BOMEX consists of 12 members, four who are public members and eight who are physicians. One of the four public members must be a licensed practical nurse or a professional nurse with at least five years’ experience. Statute requires the physician members to be from at least three different counties of the state, and not more than five of the board members can be from the same county.
The Governor appoints all members of the board. Each appointed physician must be a resident of this state and actively engaged in medicine as a licensed physician for at least five years prior to appointment. The term of office for BOMEX members is five years, with each member eligible for reappointment for one additional term. In the case of a vacancy of an unexpired portion of a term, the member may be appointed to two additional full terms.
The primary responsibilities of BOMEX is to protect the public from unlawful, incompetent, unqualified, impaired or unprofessional practitioners of allopathic medicine through licensure, regulation and rehabilitation of the profession in this state.