Authorizing physician assistants to own business
What changed between versions
The bill's purpose statement was expanded to explicitly list the independent practice authority provisions: performing all acts without supervision requirements, repealing statutory/regulatory/administrative supervision language, standard of care parity with other licensed providers, and an effective date for termination of supervisory requirements.
The phrase 'denying a license or other authorization for physician assistants for referrals where the physician assistant has a proprietary interest' was changed to the broader 'denying a license or other authorization for physician assistants for specific instances.'
The reference to conforming the definition of 'physician assistant' to the American Academy of Physician Associates' term for the profession was removed from the purpose statement.
Throughout section 30-3E-21, 'Physician Assistant' was changed to lowercase 'physician assistant' and section headings were converted from title case to sentence case. A hyphen was added to 'pain-relieving' in section 30-3-14(b)(13).
The NOTE at the bottom of the bill explaining its purpose and the strike-through/underscoring convention was removed from the engrossed version.
