Lyme disease; allows a licensed physician to prescribe long-term antibiotic therapy. (HB512)

Introduced By

Del. Tom Rust (R-Herndon) with support from 11 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Description

Lyme disease; long-term antibiotic therapy allowed.  Allows a licensed physician to prescribe, administer, or dispense long-term antibiotic therapy to a patient diagnosed with Lyme disease. Also specifies that the Board of Medicine shall not initiate a disciplinary action against a licensed physician solely for prescribing, administering, or dispensing long-term antibiotic therapy to a patient clinically diagnosed with Lyme disease, provided such clinical diagnosis and treatment has been documented in the patient's medical record by such licensed physician.   View Full Text »

Outcome

4 votes