public member of the board shall be four years or until [his or
her] a successor has been appointed and qualified, but not
longer than six months beyond the four-year period. In the event
that any of said members shall die or resign or otherwise become
disqualified during [his or her] the member's term, a successor
shall be appointed in the same way and with the same
qualifications and shall hold office for the unexpired term. No
member shall be eligible for appointment to serve more than two
consecutive terms. The Governor shall assure that nurse
midwives, [physician assistants, certified registered nurse
practitioners,] perfusionists and respiratory therapists are
appointed to four-year terms on a rotating basis so that, of
every four appointments to a four-year term, one is a nurse
midwife, [one is a physician assistant, one is a certified
registered nurse practitioner] one is an athletic trainer, one
is a perfusionist and one is a respiratory therapist.
* * *
Section 2. Section 13(d), (d.1) and (e) of the act, amended
July 2, 2019 (P.L.413, No.68), are amended to read:
Section 13. Physician assistants.
* * *
(d) Supervision.--[A physician assistant shall not perform a
medical service without the supervision and personal direction
of an approved physician. The board shall promulgate regulations
which define the supervision and personal direction required by
the standards of acceptable medical practice embraced by the
medical doctor community in this Commonwealth.
(d.1) Patient record review.--
(1) The approved physician shall countersign 100% of the
patient records completed by the physician assistant within a
A01478 - 3 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30