MA H2371

Physician assistants may perform medical services, order tests, and prescribe therapeutics independently based on their education, training, and competency, without requiring physician-developed guidelines for prescribing controlled substances

Requires 2,000 hours of collaborative practice with physicians in a hospital or integrated clinical setting as a condition for initial or renewed licensure

Removes Board of Registration in Medicine oversight of physician assistant practice, shifting regulatory authority solely to the Board of Registration of Physician Assistants

Insurers must cover services provided by physician assistants if the same services would be covered when provided by physicians, and PAs may bill and receive payment directly

Eliminates requirements to report supervising physician information on registration applications and removes references to "supervising physician" throughout licensing statutes