25RS SB 88

Senate Bill 88

Actions

Last Action	02/04/25: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to physician assistants.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1314
Sponsors	L. Tichenor, S. Funke Frommeyer, 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