SB 271

Bill Subjects

Medical Records Governor Emergency Management Osteopathic Physicians Physician Assistants Osteopathic Medicine, State Board Of (See Also Professional And Occupational Regulatory Bodies) Physicians Medical Examiners, Board Of (See Also Professional And Occupational Regulatory Bodies)

Abstract

AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing a physician assistant to provide emergency care in certain emergency situations without the supervision of a physician or osteopathic physician; authorizing a physician to refuse to act as a supervising physician; prohibiting a supervising physician or supervising osteopathic physician from supervising more than 10 physician assistants at the same time; authorizing a supervising physician to supervise a physician assistant in person, electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics; providing that a person may be simultaneously licensed as a physician assistant by the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; requiring a supervising physician and supervising osteopathic physician to review and initial charts of patients of certain physician assistants; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt certain regulations; adding a physician assistant as a voting member to the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; providing that a license as a physician assistant is valid for 2 years; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.