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AZ HB2774

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

2/28/2020

Primary Sponsor

Travis Grantham

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-fourth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2020)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 32-1456 regarding medical assistant regulations and training requirements.

  • Allows medical assistants to perform medical procedures (taking body fluid specimens, administering injections) and certain tasks (billing, scheduling, vital signs recording) under direct supervision of doctors, physician assistants, or nurse practitioners.

  • Modifies training requirements to permit medical assistant training through programs designed and offered by physicians that meet approved requirements and verify entry-level competencies.

  • Establishes that using the title "medical assistant" without working under direct supervision of a qualified healthcare provider is a class 3 misdemeanor.

Legislative Description

Medical assistants; training requirements

Boards, Commissions And Committees -- Current

Last Action

Senate read second time

3/3/2020

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