Toni Atkins
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 39
Author
The Physician Assistant Practice Act establishes the Physician Assistant Board to license and regulate physician assistants. Existing law makes it a crime to perform an abortion without holding a license to practice as a physician and surgeon or without holding a specified license or certificate under the Physician Assistant Practice Act that authorizes the holder to perform specified functions necessary for an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. The act requires a physician assistant to complete training and comply with certain protocols, as specified, to receive authority from the physician assistant's supervising physician and surgeon to perform an abortion by aspiration techniques. This bill would revise the training requirements to instead require a physician assistant to achieve clinical competency by successfully completing requisite training, as described, in performing an abortion by aspiration techniques. The bill would set forth what types of training qualify. The bill would remove the requirement that a physician assistant follow certain protocols to receive authority from the physician assistant's supervising physician and surgeon to perform an abortion by aspiration techniques. This bill would authorize a physician assistant who has completed the training and achieved clinical competency, as described, to perform abortions by aspirations techniques without the personal presence of a supervising physician and surgeon, except as provided. The bill would require a physician assistant to practice abortion by aspiration techniques consistent with applicable standards of care, within the scope of their clinical and professional education and training, and pursuant to their practice agreement. The bill would provide that specified persons authorized to perform abortion by aspiration techniques shall not be punished, held liable for damages in a civil action, or denied any right or privilege for any action relating to the evaluation of clinical competency of a physician assistant, as described. The bill would make other technical changes.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 178, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 2798.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 16).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 1023.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 1.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 799.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3. Page 636.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 18.
Set for hearing April 10.
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB385 | HTML |
| 02/09/23 - Introduced | |
| 08/25/23 - Enrolled | |
| 09/08/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/06/23- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 04/14/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/03/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/16/23- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 06/23/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/18/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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