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WV HB2049
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Evan Worrell
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AI Summary
- Permits licensed physician assistants to own medical practices and serve as shareholders in medical corporations, either alone or alongside licensed physicians and podiatrists
- Expands the Board of Medicine's authority to deny licenses or discipline physician assistants for the same grounds that apply to physicians and podiatrists, including fraud, criminal convictions, sexual misconduct, professional incompetence, and substance abuse
- Allows physician assistants to serve as designated corporate representatives for medical corporations formed outside West Virginia
- Adds physician assistants to the list of professions that can form professional limited liability companies (PLLCs) under the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act
- Requires corporations with physician assistant shareholders to maintain at least one shareholder licensed in West Virginia to continue practicing in the state
Legislative Description
Relating to midlevel practitioners
Health
Last Action
To House Health and Human Resources
2/12/2025
Committee Referrals
Health & Human Resources2/12/2025
Full Bill Text
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