Health Care Professional Licensing Bill
Official: To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve the process by which the Secretary of Defense verifies that health care professionals of the military departments are appropriately licensed.
This bill improves how the military checks if health care professionals are properly licensed. It ensures faster and more reliable verification, which is important for providing quality care to service members.
1. This bill requires the Secretary of Defense to verify health care professionals' licenses. 2. It establishes a centralized system for checking licenses across military health facilities. 3. The bill aims for at least 90 percent of license verifications to be completed within seven days. 4. The system will work regardless of where the health care professional is located. 5. It focuses on professionals without any negative records.
Health care professionals working in military facilities and the patients they serve.