S0398B0871A02236 AJB:CMD 09/15/21 #90 A02236
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 398
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE HICKERNELL
Printer's No. 871
Amend Bill, page 9, lines 15 through 19, by striking out
"FOR" in line 15 and all of lines 16 through 19 and inserting
, during each of the following time periods:
(i) The first 12 months of the physician assistant's
practice post graduation and after the physician
assistant has fulfilled the criteria for licensure set
forth in section 36(c).
(ii) The first 12 months of the physician
assistant's practice in a new specialty in which the
physician assistant is practicing.
(5) The board may not require, by order, regulation or
any other method, countersignature requirements of patient
records completed by a physician assistant that exceed the
requirements specified under this subsection.
Amend Bill, page 11, lines 27 through 30, by striking out
"MAY DEVELOP AUDIT" in line 27, all of lines 28 and 29 and
"AUDIT SHALL NOT INCLUDE MORE THAN" in line 30 and inserting
shall review
Amend Bill, page 12, line 1, by striking out "ON AN ANNUAL
BASIS" and inserting
submitted to the board after the effective date of this
paragraph
Amend Bill, page 12, line 2, by striking out "AN AUDIT" and
inserting
a review
Amend Bill, page 12, line 5, by striking out "AUDIT" and
inserting
review
Amend Bill, page 12, line 8, by inserting after "BOARD."
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A written agreement submitted to the board during the
declaration of disaster emergency issued by the Governor on
March 6, 2020, published at 50 P a .B. 1644 ( March 21, 2020),
or any renewal of the declaration of disaster emergency,
shall be deemed approved. This paragraph shall apply to
written agreements submitted to the board before the
effective date of this paragraph.
(7) No later 120 days from the effective date of this
paragraph, the board shall submit the review process for the
written agreements under paragraph (6) to the Legislative
Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin.
Amend Bill, page 12, line 19, by striking out "SEVEN" and
inserting
six
Amend Bill, page 13, line 4, by inserting after "PHYSICIAN."
Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize an
employer or other entity to require a physician to supervise
more physician assistants when the physician, in his or her
clinical judgment, determines that supervising more physician
assistants will compromise patient care or otherwise affect the
physician's ability to properly supervise another physician
assistant in accordance with the requirements of this act or
regulations promulgated by the board.
Amend Bill, page 13, line 6, by inserting after "promulgate"
final
Amend Bill, page 13, line 13, by striking out "in 60 days"
and inserting
immediately
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