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AZ SB1238

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2026

Primary Sponsor

Janae Shamp

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - Second Regular Session (2026)

AI Summary

  • Establishes Arizona's participation in the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, allowing PAs with a qualifying license in one participating state to practice in other participating states through a "compact privilege" without obtaining separate licenses.

  • Requires PAs seeking compact privileges to hold current NCCPA certification, have graduated from an accredited PA program, have no felony or misdemeanor convictions, and maintain an unrestricted license in good standing.

  • Creates the PA Licensure Compact Commission as a joint government agency to administer the compact, maintain a data system tracking licensure and adverse actions, and promulgate binding rules for participating states.

  • Authorizes participating states to take adverse action against a PA's compact privilege within their jurisdiction and requires states to share investigative information and report adverse actions to the commission's data system.

  • Specifies that adverse action against a PA's qualifying license automatically deactivates compact privileges in all remote states until two years after all restrictions are removed.

Legislative Description

Physician assistants; licensure compact.

Definitions

Last Action

Senate Committee of the Whole action: Do Pass Amended

2/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Rules1/21/2026
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency1/21/2026

Full Bill Text

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