Following the passage of House Bill 122 last year, the State Medical Board of Ohio (“Ohio Board”) has released final administrative rules governing the provision of telehealth services by Ohio physicians and certain other...more
Ohio lawmakers are considering a bill – House Bill 89 – that would bar medical, nursing, and other medical-professional students from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal exams on anesthetized or otherwise unconscious...more
5/3/2023
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Ohio legislators are once again attempting to transform the state’s medical marijuana control program after a similar effort stalled out last year. Proponents of the proposed legislation, Senate Bill 9, seek to expand medical...more
4/20/2023
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On April 7, 2023, two federal judges in Texas and Washington State issued dueling opinions about the abortion medication Mifepristone, just hours apart. These two decisions come in the midst of growing tension about abortion...more
4/19/2023
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Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
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Patient Access ,
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Pregnancy ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade ,
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Women's Rights
On March 31, 2023, Governor Andy Beshear signed Senate Bill 47 making medical marijuana use and sale legal in Kentucky, effective January 1, 2025. Kentucky now joins at least 37 other states that have legalized medical...more
4/18/2023
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Alternative Medicine ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
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Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Cultivation ,
Medical Foods ,
Medical Marijuana ,
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Patient Access ,
Personalized Medicine ,
Plant Based Products ,
Regulatory Reform