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For Immediate
Release
3/31/09
Committee Approves Browne's Volunteer Education
Bill
The Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Committee approved legislation introduced by Senator Pat Browne (R-16) that
would credit volunteer time by health care professionals toward their continuing
education requirements.
Senate Bill 464, Senator Browne’s Volunteer Continuing Medical Education
Act, would allow physicians, dentists, dental hygienists, nurses, or certified
registered nurse practitioners, to apply volunteer time served in a
community-based health care clinic towards the completion of no more than 20% of
their mandatory continuing education hours required by their individual
licensure boards.
"This is a win-win-win option for the state, for health
care professionals, and for those who will use the services offered by those
clinics," Senator Browne said. "Pennsylvania’s taxpayers will gain since this
process would limit the cost burden of those clinics. Health care professionals
can apply their skills in an environment where they may truly encounter
situations, cases and circumstances that they might not normally see in the
daily routines of their individual practices and hospitals. And, in turn, the
benefit to patients is readily apparent as they will be treated by experienced
professionals."
Contact:
Lesley Crozier
(717) 787-1349
Additional Information:
HealthNET
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