§ 37-17.4-07 — Provision of volunteer health or veterinary services - Administrative sanctions

North Dakota § 37-17.4-07

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 37: Military
• Ch. 37-17.4: Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act

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sanctions.
1. Subject to subsections 2 and 3, a volunteer health practitioner shall adhere to the
scope of practice for a similarly licensed practitioner established by the licensing
provisions, practice acts, or other laws of this state.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, this chapter does not authorize a
volunteer health practitioner to provide services that are outside the practitioner's
scope of practice, even if a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would be
permitted to provide the services.
3. The department of health and human services or the state board of animal health may
modify or restrict the health or veterinary services that volunteer health practitioners
may provide pursuant to this chapter. An order under this subsection may take effect
immediately, without prior notice or comment, and is not a rule within the meaning of
chapter 28-32.
4. A host entity may restrict the health or veterinary services that a volunteer health
practitioner may provide pursuant to this chapter.
5. A volunteer health practitioner does not engage in unauthorized practice unless the
practitioner has reason to know of any limitation, modification, or restriction under this
section or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to
provide the services. A volunteer health practitioner has reason to know of a limitation,
modification, or restriction or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not
be permitted to provide a service if:
a. The practitioner knows the limitation, modification, or restriction exists or that a
similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the
service; or
b. From all the facts and circumstances known to the practitioner at the relevant
time, a reasonable person would conclude that the limitation, modification, or
restriction exists or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be
permitted to provide the service.
6. In addition to the authority granted by law of this state other than this chapter to
regulate the conduct of health practitioners, a licensing board or other disciplinary
authority in this state:
a. May impose administrative sanctions upon a health practitioner licensed in this
state for conduct outside of this state in response to an out-of-state emergency;
b. May impose administrative sanctions upon a practitioner not licensed in this state
for conduct in this state in response to an in-state emergency; and
c. Shall report any administrative sanctions imposed upon a practitioner licensed in
another state to the appropriate licensing board or other disciplinary authority in
any other state in which the practitioner is known to be licensed.
7. In determining whether to impose administrative sanctions under subsection 6, a
licensing board or other disciplinary authority shall consider the circumstances in
which the conduct took place, including any exigent circumstances, and the
practitioner's scope of practice, education, training, experience, and specialized skill.