SB 698 — An Act amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, further providing for definitions, for physician assistants and for physician assistant license.

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WARD AND AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 19, 2019 AN ACT Amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), entitled "An act relating to the right to practice medicine and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts;

providing for the issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and andrevocation makingof repeals,"licenses furtherand providingcertificates; for definitions, for;

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and making repeals," further providing for definitions, for physician assistants and for physician assistant license.

Section 2 of the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, is amended by adding definitions A DEFINITION to read:

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* * * "Substitute supervising physician." A physician who is <-- registered with the board and designated in a written agreement with a physician assistant under section 13(e) as assuming primary responsibility for the supervision of a physician assistant for no more than 30 consecutive calendar days when the primary supervising physician is unavailable to provide the level of supervision and record review which was described in the written agreement and approved by the board.

Sections 13(e)(1) and (2) 13(E)(2) and 36(e) of <-- the act are amended to read:

* * * (e) Written agreement.--A physician assistant shall not provide a medical service without a written agreement with [one <-- or more physicians] a primary supervising physician which <-- provides for all of the following:

(1) Identifies and is signed by [each physician] the <-- primary supervising physician, one substitute supervising physician, if applicable, and the physician assistant [will be assisting].

* * * <-- (2) Describes the manner in which the physician assistant will be assisting each named physician.

The written agreement and description may be prepared and submitted by 20190SB0698PN1026 - 2 - the primary supervising physician, the physician assistant or a delegate of the primary supervising physician and the 20190SB0698PN0835 - 2 - physician assistant.,assistant, provided, however, that both the <-- primary supervising physician and physician assistant shall personally review, approve and accept the description prior to submission of the description to the board for the board's approval.

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