CCS HCS SCS SB 756 -- PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

This bill changes the laws regarding the licensing of
certain professions within the Division of Professional
Registration in the Department of Economic Development.

PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY

The bill authorizes advance practice nurses to prescribe certain
substances containing pseudoephedrine while engaged in a
collaborative agreement with a physician.

MASSAGE THERAPY

The Board of Therapeutic Massage is authorized to promulgate
rules establishing requirements for granting licenses for
applicants from other states who have completed massage therapy
programs which are less than 500 hours.  Massage therapy
businesses are prohibited from employing an unlicensed person to
perform massage therapy services.  The board is required to send
copies of all board survey inspections to the business within 30
days of the inspection and is allowed to waive or extend the time
requirements for completion of continuing education requirements
under certain circumstances as determined by the board.
Nonresident licensed massage therapists will be exempt from
licensure if they are providing services or instruction in
conjunction with disaster relief or at special events.

The board is also authorized to contract for legal services.

DENTAL RECORDS

Dentists are required to maintain complete and adequate patient
records.  Records must be retained for at least seven years from
the date of the last professional service.  Any addition or
change to a patient's record made more than 48 hours after the
final entry will be entered as an addendum and will specify the
time; date; name of person making the addition, correction, or
change; and the reason for the change.

Laboratory work orders are also required to be maintained for
seven years.

REVOCATION OF LICENSES

The State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts is
authorized to revoke the professional license of any person
licensed under Chapter 334, RSMo, who has been found guilty of a
felony.  Currently, it only applies to physicians.

COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT REPORTING

The bill requires physicians to report within 30 days to the
State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts when entering
into any collaborative practice or physician assistant agreement.
Physicians are also required to provide the board with all their
collaborative practice agreements when renewing their license.
This information will be available to the public.

The board is authorized to conduct random reviews of these
agreements to determine whether licensees are in compliance with
the provisions of the bill.

ATHLETIC TRAINERS

The bill requires that after August 28, 2006, applicants for
licensure as athletic trainers must pass the examination given by
the National Athletic Trainers Association Board of Certification
or its successor agency.  Currently, the State Board of
Registration for the Healing Arts administers the licensing
examinations.

Certain academic and experience requirements necessary for
licensure are repealed.

PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS

Professional counselors licensed in other states are allowed to
apply for licensure in Missouri without examination if the
applicant has had no disciplinary action taken against his or her
license in the past five years or has met all eligibility
criteria established by the American Association of State
Counseling Boards or its successor organization.

SOCIAL WORKERS

Clinical social workers licensed in other states are allowed to
obtain a Missouri license if they have had no disciplinary action
taken against their license in the preceding five years and their
current state license has substantially the same licensing
requirements as the State of Missouri.

VETERINARIANS

The Missouri Veterinary Medical Board is authorized to promulgate
rules determining when applicants are required to submit an
application for the licensing examination.  Currently, applicants
are required to make application 60 days prior to taking the
examination.

ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING COMMISSION

The Administrative Hearing Commission is authorized to publish
notifications of licensing cases to be heard before the
commission if notification cannot be accomplished in person or by
certified mail.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:46 am