No. HB 1371
Filed under Healthcare.
Provisional Licensure of Anesthesiologist Assistants; Requires DOH to issue provisional license to practice as anesthesiologist assistant to applicants meeting specified criteria; requires provisional licensee to work under direct supervision of licensed anesthesiologist; provides for expiration of provisional license; requires provisional licensee to immediately inform his or her employer & cease practice upon notification of failure to pass certifying examination; provides exception; provides that provisional licenses are nonrenewable; requires Board of Medicine & Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDThe Department of Health must issue a temporary license to an anesthesiologist assistant applicant who has graduated from an approved program, applied for the national certification exam, completed licensure paperwork and fees, and passed a background screening.
The temporary license lasts no more than 180 days, cannot be renewed, and automatically expires once the holder passes the certification exam and receives a full license, or fails that exam.
A temporary licensee may work only under the direct, on-file supervision of a licensed anesthesiologist. The same rules apply in parallel to both physician-supervised and osteopathic-physician-supervised anesthesiologist assistants.
AIThe Department of Health must issue a temporary license to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant to an applicant who has graduated from an approved program, applied for the certification exam, filed a complete application and fees, has no disqualifying record, and passed a background screening.
AIA temporary license is valid for no more than 180 days after issuance and cannot be renewed, regardless of whether the holder has received results from the certification exam by then.
AIThe temporary license automatically expires when the holder passes the certification exam and receives a full license, or when the holder fails the certification exam, whichever happens first.
AIA temporary licensee may practice only under the direct supervision of a licensed anesthesiologist who has an on-file written protocol with the department, the same supervision structure required for a fully licensed anesthesiologist assistant.
AIThe Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine must adopt rules covering application procedures and supervision requirements for the new temporary license.