General Bill
Surgical First Assistants:
Provides requirements for performance of supervising physicians; provides duties, scope, & location of practice for certified surgical first assistants; provides contracting & employment guidelines for employing certified surgical first assistants; provides licensure criteria; provides continuing education requirements; authorizes Board of Medicine to impose penalties; provides scope of certified surgical first assistant's license; provides for reciprocity of licenses; prohibits unlicensed person holding himself or herself out as licensed; provides for denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure; provides that supervising physicians may be liable for certain acts or omissions of certified surgical first assistants; provides for payments to physician assistant under contracts providing for payment for surgical first assisting benefits or services; includes certified surgical first assistants within certain payment provisions.
Effective Date:
July 1, 2012
Last Event:
Died in Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee on Friday, March 9, 2012 11:59 PM
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Bill #:
SB 1594
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Subject:
Surgical First Assistants
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Relationship:
Identical
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