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Amend the amendment by striking out all of paragraph A (page 1, lines 13 to 22 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘A. Diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential physical and emotional health problems through such services as case finding, health teaching, health counseling and provision of care supportive to or restorative of life and well-being and execution of the medical regimen as prescribed by a licensed physician, podiatrist or dentist legally authorized licensed professional acting within the scope of the licensed professional's authority to prescribe medications, substances or devices or otherwise legally authorized individual acting under the delegated authority of a physician, podiatrist or dentistlegally authorized licensed professional acting within the scope of the licensed professional's authority to prescribe medications, substances or devices:’
Amend the amendment by inserting before the summary the following:
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Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2015.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment makes the following changes to Committee Amendment "A."
1. It removes references to naturopathic doctors and health care practitioners in the list of legally authorized individuals for whom a professional nurse may execute a medical regimen and instead uses the term "legally authorized licensed professional."
2. It delays the effective date until January 1, 2015.