CO SB083

Changes physician assistant regulation from a "supervision" model to a "collaboration" model requiring written collaborative agreements with physicians or physician groups licensed in good standing in Colorado.

Physician assistants may not provide care without entering into a collaborative agreement, and collaborative agreements must be kept on file at the physician assistant's primary practice location and made available to the board upon request.

Establishes requirements for collaborative agreements including the physician assistant's name and license number, signatures of both parties, descriptions of the collaboration process, and performance evaluation procedures.

Expands physician assistant prescribing authority to include controlled substances under the collaborative agreement, with prescriptions requiring the physician assistant's name and facility information rather than the supervising physician's name.

Applies similar collaboration requirements to physician assistants working with podiatrists and updates related statutes regarding financial responsibility, medical orders for scope of treatment, and medication dispensing in healthcare facilities.