West Virginia SB 956: Authorizing physician assistants to own business

Bill Text

SB956 SFAT Helton # 3-1

Dellinger 7897

Senator Helton moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Senate Bill 956—A BILL to amend and reenact §30-3-14, §30-3-15, and §31B-13-1301 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend the code by adding a new section, designated §30-3E-21, relating to authorizing physician assistants to own a business; denying a license or other authorization for physician assistants for specific instances; authorizing medical corporations that have physician assistant shareholders; providing that a physician assistant may perform all acts for which he or she is educated, trained, and licensed without specified requirements for supervision; repealing any statutory, regulatory, or administrative language requiring a physician assistant to be supervised; stating that a physician assistant is held to the same standard of care applicable to all licensed health care providers; establishing the effective date for the termination supervisory requirements; and designating the profession of physician assistant as a "professional service" for the purposes of the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.

Adopted

Rejected