Governor Rendell Signs Eight Bills Into Law
June 15th, 2008 by laurenkaySource: FOXBusiness (Original Article)
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 11, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ —-Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed eight bills into law:
House Bill 1281 is designed to better protect the Appalachian
Trail by directing DCED and DCNR to assist municipalities enact zoning ordinances that preserve the natural, scenic, historic
and esthetic values of the trail, as well as to conserve and maintain it as a public natural resource.
House Bill 500
and House Bill 501 amend the Medical Practice Act of 1985 and the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, respectively, to provide
for the licensure of perfusionists. Perfusionsts perform highly technical medical services related to patients who are placed
on machines that assume the functions of bodily organs, such as the heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver. Two years from the effective
date of the bill, a person may not call herself a perfusionist without being duly licensed by the State Board of Medicine
or the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
The new law also says perfusionists may perform extracorporeal circulation,
long-term cardiopulmonary support techniques, ventricular assistance, auto-transfusion, blood and blood component conservation
techniques, blood and blood component management techniques, advanced life support and other related functions. They may also
administer pharmacological and therapeutic agents and may perform anticoagulation monitoring and analysis, as well as blood
gas and chemistry monitoring and analysis.
Senate Bill 810 authorizes and directs the Department of General Services
to grant and convey, for fair market value as determined by an independent appraisal, a tract of land with any buildings,
structures or improvements situate in the City of Pittston, Luzerne County, to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of
Pittston. The transfer contains the gaming restriction.
Senate Bill 880 allows for the Fish and Boat Commission Frequent Flyer Credit Cards to
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