[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3775 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3775

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military 
     physicians possess unrestricted licenses, and to require the 
    establishment of a system for monitoring completion by military 
  physicians of applicable Continuing Medical Education requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 1998

Mr. Hobson (for himself, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Murtha, Mr. McDade, 
     Mr. Dicks, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Hefner, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Sabo, Mr. 
  Nethercutt, Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Visclosky) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to require that military 
     physicians possess unrestricted licenses, and to require the 
    establishment of a system for monitoring completion by military 
  physicians of applicable Continuing Medical Education requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT THAT MILITARY PHYSICIANS POSSESS UNRESTRICTED 
              LICENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1094(a) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) In the case of a physician under the jurisdiction of 
        the Secretary of a military department, such physician may not 
        provide health care as a physician under this chapter unless 
        the current license of the physician is an unrestricted license 
        which is not subject to limitation on the scope of practice 
        ordinarily granted to other physicians for a similar specialty 
        by the jurisdiction that granted the license.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 1998.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM FOR ENSURING COMPLETION BY MILITARY 
              PHYSICIANS OF CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1094 the following new section:
``Sec. 1094a. System for monitoring of completion of Continuing Medical 
              Education requirements
    ``The Secretary of Defense shall establish a system for the purpose 
of ensuring that each person under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
a military department who provides health care under this chapter as a 
physician completes the Continuing Medical Education requirements 
applicable to the physician.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``1094a. System for monitoring of completion of Continuing Medical 
                            Education requirements.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 1094a of title 10, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date that is three 
years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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