HB 1136
Obesity medicine; define as within practice of medicine and allow physicians to prescribe obesity drugs via telemedicine.
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Bill overview
An act to amend section 73-25-33, mississippi code of 1972, to provide that the practice of medicine includes the practice of obesity medicine; To define obesity medicine; To amend section 73-25-34, mississippi code of 1972, to revise the definition of telemedicine to include the practice of medicine by a licensed physician at a distant site to a patient located at an originating site using hipaa-compliant telecommunication systems; To amend section 41-29-139, mississippi code of 1972, to authorize physicians practicing obesity medicine to prescribe legend drugs, including glp-1 therapeutics, to a patient via telemedicine, subject to the certain conditions; To direct the state board of medical licensure to adopt rules as necessary to implement the provisions of this act; And for related purposes.
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Creekmore IV
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