Senate File 248 - Introduced



                                     SENATE FILE       
                                     BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

                                     (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1143)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the membership of the board of physician
  2    assistant examiners.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2094SV 82
  5 jr/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 147.14, subsection 12, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    12.  For the board of physician assistant examiners, three
  1  4 five members licensed to practice as physician assistants, at
  1  5 least two of whom practice in counties with a population of
  1  6 less than fifty thousand, one member licensed to practice
  1  7 medicine and surgery who supervises a physician assistant, one
  1  8 member licensed to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery
  1  9 who supervises a physician assistant, and two members who are
  1 10 not licensed to practice either medicine and surgery or
  1 11 osteopathic medicine and surgery or licensed as a physician
  1 12 assistant and who shall represent the general public.  At
  1 13 least one of the physician members shall be in practice in a
  1 14 county with a population of less than fifty thousand.  A
  1 15 majority of members of the board constitutes a quorum.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    The board of physician assistant examiners currently has
  1 18 seven members, three of whom are licensed to practice as
  1 19 physician assistants.  This bill adds two licensed physician
  1 20 assistants to the board membership.
  1 21 LSB 2094SV 82
  1 22 jr:nh/je/5