SB270 By Senators Roberts, Shelnutt, Waggoner, Coleman-Madison, Ward, Smitherman, Reed and Marsh RFD Governmental Affairs Rd 1 05-MAR-20

SYNOPSIS: In July 2021, Birmingham will host The Eleventh World Games, an international sports event led by the International World Games Association. Each of the participating nations' teams will bring delegations consisting of competing athletes, as well as trainers and doctors for their athletes and coaches.

This bill establishes a limited exemption from licensure, registration, and certification requirements for nonresident medical professionals who are licensed in their home country and credentialed by the World Games to provide health services during the World Games.

This bill would provide procedures for authorizing consent of a minor athlete to receive hospital, medical, or surgical care.

This bill would be repealed December 31, 2021.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT

Relating to licensure of health care professionals; to exempt certain individuals from state licensure, registration, and certification requirements who are in the state to render certain services for The Eleventh World Games to be held in Birmingham and other areas of Alabama in 2021 and the preliminary events for World Games in December 2020; to provide for consent for certain medical services; and to provide for repeal of this bill on December 31, 2021.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Section 1. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) CREDENTIAL or CREDENTIALED. The grant or receipt of credentials by TWG.

(2) FICS. Federation Internationale de Chiropratigue du Sport headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

(3) ISF. International Sports Federation governing each sport for which there will be a competition, exhibition, or presentation during the World Games or a Test Event.

(4) IWGA. The International World Games Association headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland.

(5) NOC. The National Olympic or IWGA Committee or other organization responsible for the delegation of athletes, coaches, trainers, and other credentialed support staff and officials of a participating nation state in the World Games.

(6) TEST EVENTS. Preview events in certain fields the IWGA requires TWG to hold in Alabama during 2020 and 2021 in conjunction with the World Games.

(7) TWG. The TWG 2021 Birmingham Foundation.

(8) WORLD GAMES. The World Games 2021 under the authority of the IWGA to be held in Birmingham, Alabama in July 2021.

(9) WORLD GAMES FAMILY. Any credentialed athletes, coaches, trainers, or other credentialed support staff and officials of the IWGA, NOC, IWGA-affiliated entities, and ISF or their designated IWGA confederations, including judges and juries for the games.

(b) Nothing in Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, shall be construed to require licensure, registration, or certification of individuals who are nonresidents of this state, who hold a current and valid professional license, certificate, registration, or other authorization to practice any profession regulated under Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, from any state or country, and who are credentialed by TWG for involvement in events to specific, time-limited services to athletes and other members of the World Games family in connection with the World Games or Test Events.

(c) Whenever the services authorized under subsection (b) are health care services, the services shall only be provided to the World Games family at the sites designated by TWG. Individuals exempted from licensure by this section who provide health care services shall provide services only to members of the World Games family at the sites designated by TWG. Individuals exempted from licensure by this section who provide the health care services shall provide those services only to those members of the World Games family who are citizens or members of the delegation of that provider's sponsoring country as credentialed by TWG, except that members of FICS credentialed by TWG to provide health care services shall be permitted to provide those services to any member of the World Games family.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize or grant hospital medical staff privileges at any hospital, ambulatory surgery center, outpatient care center, or other health care facility.

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each NOC and ISF may designate to TWG, who shall in turn appropriately credential an official delegate who may give consent to hospital, medical, and surgical care to a minor who is a team member for the respective NOC delegate's team or a participant for the respective ISF delegate's sport, and that consent shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of the parent or parents of that minor shall not be necessary in order to authorize hospital, medical, or surgical care.

(f) This section is repealed on December 31, 2021.

Section 2. This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

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