Introduced Version






SENATE BILL No. 471

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 25-1-9-6.9.

Synopsis: Prescribing psychotropic medication for children. Requires a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant to follow the most recent guidelines adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics for the diagnosis and evaluation of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) before prescribing a psychotropic drug for a child for the treatment of ADHD. Provides that a physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant is subject to discipline by the board that regulates the practitioner's profession for violation of this requirement.

Effective: July 1, 2001.





Miller




    January 22, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.







Introduced

First Regular Session 112th General Assembly (2001)


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SENATE BILL No. 471



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning professions and occupations.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 25-1-9-6.9 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 6.9. (a) This section applies to a practitioner who is:
        (1) licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine under IC 25-22.5;
        (2) licensed as an advanced practice nurse under IC 25-23; or
        (3) certified as a physician assistant under IC 25-27.5.
    (b) Before prescribing a psychotropic medication for a child for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, a practitioner described in subsection (a) shall follow the most recent guidelines adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics
for the diagnosis and evaluation of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    (c) In addition to the actions listed under section 4 of this chapter that subject a practitioner to the exercise of disciplinary sanctions, a practitioner described in subsection (a) is subject to the exercise of disciplinary sanctions under section 9 of this chapter if,

after a hearing, the board regulating the practitioner's profession finds that the practitioner has violated subsection (b).