UNAPPROVED DRAFT BILL -- Subject to Change Without Notice!
BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT DEFINING "SURGERY" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE; AND AMENDING SECTION 37-3-102, MCA."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 37-3-102, MCA, is amended to read:
"37-3-102. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) An "approved internship" is an internship training program of at least 1 year in a hospital which that is either
approved for intern training by the American osteopathic association or conforms to the minimum standards for intern
training established by the council on medical education of the American medical association or successors. However, the
board shall have the authority may, upon investigation, to approve any other internship.
(2) An "approved medical school" is a school which that either is accredited by the American osteopathic association or
conforms to the minimum education standards established by the council on medical education of the American medical
association or successors for medical schools or that is equivalent in the sound discretion of the board. The board may, on
investigation of the education standards and facilities, approve any medical school, including foreign medical schools.
(3) An "approved residency" is a residency training program in a hospital conforming to the minimum standards for
residency training established by the council on medical education of the American medical association or its successors or
approved for residency training by the American osteopathic association. However, the board shall have the authority may,
upon investigation, to approve any other residency.
(4) "Board" means the Montana state board of medical examiners provided for in 2-15-1841.
(5) "Department" means the department of commerce provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 18.
(6) "Practice of medicine" means the diagnosis, treatment, or correction of or the attempt to or the holding of oneself
out as being able to diagnose, treat, or correct human conditions, ailments, diseases, injuries, or infirmities, whether physical
or mental, by any means, methods, devices, or instrumentalities, including surgery. If a person who does not possess a
license to practice medicine in this state under this chapter and who is not exempt from the licensing requirements of this
chapter performs acts constituting the practice of medicine, he the person is practicing medicine in violation of this chapter.
(7) "Surgery" means any procedure in which human tissue is cut or altered by mechanical or energy forms, including electrical or laser energy or ionizing radiation."
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