MO HB975

Repeals sections 334.036, 334.037, and 334.038 of Missouri Revised Statutes, eliminating the "assistant physician" license category created in 2014 for medical school graduates who passed USMLE Steps 1 and 2 but did not complete residency training

Eliminates collaborative practice arrangements that allowed assistant physicians to provide primary care in medically underserved rural and urban areas under physician supervision

Removes the authority for assistant physicians to prescribe Schedule III, IV, and V controlled substances with collaborating physician oversight

Abolishes the "Medical Clinics in Medically Underserved Areas Fund" and the state grant program that provided up to $100,000 per year to counties and municipalities establishing clinics utilizing assistant physicians

Maintains the existing requirement that applicants for permanent physician and surgeon licenses must complete postgraduate residency training as prescribed by the board