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S. 689

Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act

Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act

Provides that for purposes of medical professional liability insurance or civil and criminal malpractice liability determinations, a physician or athletic trainer (covered sports medicine professional) who is authorized to practice medicine in a state (primary state) and who provides medical services to an athlete or athletic team in a state where such professional is not authorized to practice (secondary state) shall be deemed to have provided such medical services in the primary state, provided that prior to providing the covered medical services such professional has disclosed the nature and extent of such services to the entity that provides such professional with medical professional liability insurance in the primary state.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sen. Thune, John [R-SD](R-SD)Sponsor
18 cosponsors3 D15 R
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  1. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
  2. IntroReferral10000

    Introduced in Senate

Sports Medicine Licensure Clarity Act — Informed