PHYS ASTNT-EMERGENCY CARE

Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987. Allows a physician assistant who is licensed under the Act, licensed or certified by another regulatory jurisdiction in the United States, or credentialed as a physician assistant by a federal employer to respond to a need for medical care created by a natural disaster, accident, or other emergency and to render the care that he or she is able to provide without supervision or with supervision, as it is available. Exempts a physician who supervises a physician assistant who is providing medical care in response to a natural disaster, accident, or other emergency from the requirements of the Act as they relate to supervising physicians. Amends the Good Samaritan Act to exempt a physician assistant who is licensed or certified by another regulatory jurisdiction in the United States or credentialed as a physician assistant by a federal employer from civil liability for emergency care. Effective immediately.