HB4144 HH&HR AM #1
The House Health and Human Resources Committee moves to amend the bill on page two, section sixteen, line fifteen, following the word "accredited" by inserting the words "by the";
On page six, section sixteen, line eight following the word "refraction" and the period by striking out subsections (g), (h) and (i) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
" (g) When any graduate of an approved program who has successfully passed the national commission on certification of physician assistants' certifying examination submits an application to the board for a physician assistant license, accompanied by a job description as referenced by this section, and a fifty dollar temporary license fee, and the application is complete, the board shall issue to that applicant a temporary license allowing that applicant to function as a physician assistant. Also, When when any graduate of an approved program submits an application to the board for a physician assistant license, accompanied by a job description as referenced by this section, and a fifty dollar temporary license fee, and the application is complete, the board shall issue to that applicant a temporary license allowing that applicant to function as a physician assistant until the applicant successfully passes the national commission on certification of physician assistants' certifying examination: Provided, That the applicant shall sit for and obtain a passing score on the examination next offered following graduation from the approved program. No applicant shall receive a temporary license who, following graduation from an approved program, has sat for and not obtained a passing score on the examination. A physician assistant who has not been certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners on behalf of the national commission on certification of physician assistants will be restricted to work under the direct supervision of the supervising physician."
On page seven, section sixteen, line eight, following the word "physician" and the period by striking out the letter (j) and inserting in lieu thereof the letter (h);
On page seven, section sixteen, line sixteen, following the word "writing" and the period by inserting the following:
(i) In the event that a physician assistant fails a recertification examination of the national commission on certification of physician assistants and is no longer certified, the physician assistant shall immediately notify his or her supervising physician or physicians and the board in writing. The physician assistant shall immediately cease practicing, the license shall expire and terminate automatically, and the physician assistant is not eligible for reinstatement until he or she has obtained a passing score on the examination.
And relettering the remaining subsections;
On page twelve, section sixteen, line seven following the word "subsection by striking out the letter reference "(n)" and inserting in lieu thereof the letter reference "(q)".