House
File
591
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Enrolled
House
File
591
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PHYSICIAN
SUPERVISION
OF
PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANTS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
148C.5
Supervising
physicians
——
board
of
medicine
——
rulemaking
requirements.
1.
If
the
board
commences
a
contested
case
hearing
against
a
physician
assistant
by
delivering
a
statement
of
charges
and
notice
of
hearing
to
the
physician
assistant,
the
board
shall
deliver
a
copy
of
the
statement
of
charges
and
notice
of
hearing
to
the
physician
assistant’s
supervising
physician.
2.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
establish
specific
procedures
for
consulting
with
and
sharing
information
with
the
board
of
medicine
regarding
complaints
that
a
physician
assistant
may
have
been
inadequately
supervised
by
the
physician
assistant’s
supervising
physician.
House
File
591,
p.
2
3.
The
board
shall
not
amend
or
rescind
any
of
the
following
rules
unless,
prior
to
the
submission
of
such
an
amendment
or
rescission
to
the
administrative
rules
coordinator,
the
board
consults
with
and
receives
approval
from
the
board
of
medicine
to
make
such
a
submission:
a.
645
IAC
326.1
regarding
the
following
terms:
(1)
“Physician”.
(2)
“Physician
assistant”.
(3)
“Supervising
physician”.
(4)
“Supervision”.
b.
645
IAC
326.2(1)(f).
c.
645
IAC
326.4(6).
d.
645
IAC
326.8.
e.
645
IAC
326.19(3)(b)(3).
f.
645
IAC
327.1(1)(s)(1)-(4).
g.
645
IAC
327.1(1)(u).
h.
645
IAC
327.1(1)(z).
i.
645
IAC
327.4(1)(b)(2)-(4).
j.
645
IAC
327.4(2).
k.
645
IAC
327.6(1)(d).
Sec.
2.
REPEAL.
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
137,
section
113,
is
repealed.
Sec.
3.
PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT
SUPERVISION
RULEMAKING
ACTIONS.
1.
The
board
of
physician
assistants
shall
take
no
further
action
relating
to
ARC
2832C.
ARC
2832C
is
terminated
as
of
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
2.
a.
The
amendments
to
653
Iowa
administrative
code,
rules
21.4,
21.5,
21.6,
21.7,
and
21.8;
and
653
Iowa
administrative
code,
chapter
21,
implementation
sentence,
as
appearing
in
ARC
2532C,
as
published
in
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin,
volume
XXXVIII,
number
23,
dated
May
11,
2016,
pp.
2190-2193,
are
rescinded.
b.
As
soon
as
practicable,
the
Iowa
administrative
code
editor
shall
restore
the
language
of
the
Iowa
administrative
code
referenced
in
paragraph
“a”
of
this
subsection
to
the
language
that
existed
on
May
10,
2016.
Sec.
4.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
section
of
this
Act
repealing
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
137,
section
113,
applies
retroactively
to
July
1,
2015.
House
File
591,
p.
3
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
shall
be
effective
upon
enactment.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
591,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor