HB 2113 Summary

• Authorizes medical assistants to take body fluid specimens and administer injections under direct supervision of a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner
• Allows the Arizona medical board to prescribe additional medical procedures that medical assistants may perform under direct supervision after determining competency
• Permits medical assistants to perform administrative and communication tasks without direct supervision, including billing, insurance verification, appointment scheduling, vital signs recording, communicating documented medical advice and test results, and obtaining medication prior authorizations
• Establishes medical assistant training requirements to be prescribed by the board, with programs designed by physicians and providing written verification of successful completion
• Classifies use of the title "medical assistant" without proper supervision or training verification as a class 3 misdemeanor