| Last Action | 02/06/25: to Licensing & Occupations (S) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to physician assistants. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1314 |
| Sponsors | L. Tichenor, S. Funke Frommeyer, R. Girdler, S. Madon, S. Meredith |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850 311.862, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to "supervising physician" to "collaborating physician" to conform; amend KRS 311.858 to list the services a physician assistant may provide, and require a physician assistant to consult and collaborate with or refer a patient to an appropriate licensed physician as indicated by the patient's condition and the standard of care; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to establish requirements for a collaboration agreement between a collaborating physician and a physician assistant; amend KRS 218A.202 to conform; repeal KRS 311.854, 311.856, and 311.860, relating to supervising physicians. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Drugs and Medicines - Schedule II narcotics, physician assistants, prescription, limit Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Physicians, collaborating physicians, physician assistants, duties Physicians and Practitioners - Collaborating physicians, physician assistants, collaboration agreement Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Physician Assistant Advisory Committee, collaborating physician, membership Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Committees - Physician Assistant Advisory Committee, disciplinary hearing, disclosure, requirement |
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