Nevada 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee

SB 271 — Revises provisions relating to physician assistants. (BDR 54-522)

Last action — (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.2, no further action allowed.)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing a physician assistant to provide emergency care in certain emergency situations without the supervision of a physician or osteopathic physician; authorizing a physician to refuse to act as a supervising physician; prohibiting a supervising physician or supervising osteopathic physician from supervising more than 10 physician assistants at the same time; authorizing a supervising physician to supervise a physician assistant in person, electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics; providing that a person may be simultaneously licensed as a physician assistant by the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; requiring a supervising physician and supervising osteopathic physician to review and initial charts of patients of certain physician assistants; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt certain regulations; adding a physician assistant as a voting member to the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; providing that a license as a physician assistant is valid for 2 years; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.2, no further action allowed.)

  2. From printer. To committee.

  3. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Senator Joseph Hardy · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senator Joseph Hardy

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (66)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 271 do?
AN ACT relating to professions; authorizing a physician assistant to provide emergency care in certain emergency situations without the supervision of a physician or osteopathic physician; authorizing a physician to refuse to act as a supervising physician; prohibiting a supervising physician or supervising osteopathic physician from supervising more than 10 physician assistants at the same time; authorizing a supervising physician to supervise a physician assistant in person, electronically, telephonically or by fiber optics; providing that a person may be simultaneously licensed as a physician assistant by the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; requiring a supervising physician and supervising osteopathic physician to review and initial charts of patients of certain physician assistants; authorizing the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt certain regulations; adding a physician assistant as a voting member to the Board of Medical Examiners and the State Board of Osteopathic Medicine; providing that a license as a physician assistant is valid for 2 years; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Who sponsors SB 271?
SB 271 is sponsored by Senator Joseph Hardy.
What is the current status of SB 271?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 271?
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