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WV HB2544
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Lisa White
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AI Summary
- Allows physician assistants to practice medicine independently without requiring collaboration or supervision from a licensed physician
- Permits certified nurse practitioners to prescribe drugs and administer anesthetics without a collaborative relationship with a physician
- Removes requirements for practice notifications and collaborative agreements that previously tied physician assistants and nurse practitioners to supervising physicians
- Adds one certified nurse practitioner position to the West Virginia Board of Registered Nurses
- Maintains existing prescribing limitations, including prohibition on Schedule I controlled substances and a three-day limit on Schedule II narcotics for physician assistants
Legislative Description
To remove restrictions for supervising physicians for Nurse practitioners or physician assistants in West Virginia
Boards and Commissions
Last Action
To House Health and Human Resources
2/18/2025
Committee Referrals
Health & Human Resources2/18/2025
Full Bill Text
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