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AR SB269

Bill

Status

Passed

3/4/2019

Primary Sponsor

Cecile Bledsoe

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Origin

Senate

92nd General Assembly (2019 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arkansas Code § 17-105-102(b)(3) regarding qualifications for physician assistant licensure
  • Replaces outdated reference to "Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation" with "Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant"
  • Maintains requirement that physician assistants and surgeon assistants complete an accredited educational program or its successor agency equivalent
  • Retains requirement to pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
  • Approved March 1, 2019

Legislative Description

To Update References To The Accreditation Organization Related To Physician Assistants.

Last Action

Notification that SB269 is now Act 263

3/4/2019

Committee Referrals

Public Health, Welfare and Labor2/18/2019
Public Health, Welfare And Labor2/6/2019

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