HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 385, 870
PRINTER'S NO. 1083
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
397
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY PITTMAN, SCAVELLO, COLLETT, YUDICHAK, MENSCH, YAW,
BAKER, HUTCHINSON, STEFANO, REGAN, BOSCOLA, BARTOLOTTA AND
BROOKS, MARCH 11, 2021
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
AN ACT
Amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), entitled
"An act requiring the licensing of practitioners of
osteopathic medicine and surgery; regulating their practice;
providing for certain funds and penalties for violations and
repeals," further providing for definitions, for State Board
of Osteopathic Medicine, for practice of osteopathic medicine
and surgery without license prohibited and for licenses,
exemptions, nonresident practitioners, graduate students,
biennial registration and continuing medical education; and
abrogating regulations.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definitions of "physician assistant" and
"primary supervising physician" in section 2 of the act of
October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as the Osteopathic
Medical Practice Act, are amended to read:
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
meanings given to them in this section:
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