AB 328

Bill Subjects

Prescriptions United States Governor Drugs Physician Assistants Controlled Substances Consent Medical Devices Osteopathic Medicine, State Board Of (See Also Professional And Occupational Regulatory Bodies) Signatures Medical Examiners, Board Of (See Also Professional And Occupational Regulatory Bodies)

Abstract

AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing a physician assistant to bill and be reimbursed by a patient directly; providing that physician assistants are not required to be supervised by a physician or an osteopathic physician when performing medical services; prescribing the services that a physician assistant is required or authorized to perform; increasing the membership of the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; requiring two members of each of the Boards to be persons licensed to practice as a physician assistant in this State; providing certain exemptions from licensure and regulation by the Boards; revising provisions relating to a physician assistant whose license is on inactive status; revising provisions relating to the issuance of a license to practice as a physician assistant; prohibiting the respective Boards from requiring certain certifications before a person may renew a license to practice as a physician assistant; revising provisions relating to licensure by endorsement to practice as a physician assistant; authorizing certain unlicensed persons to use the title “physician assistant (inactive)”; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.