House File 189 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 189 BY PETTENGILL A BILL FOR An Act relating to physician supervision of physician 1 assistants. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2040YH (2) 87 tr/nh
H.F. 189 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 148C.5 Complaints and reports 1 received by the board. 2 The board shall submit a copy of all complaints and reports 3 received by the board regarding the practice or conduct of a 4 physician assistant to the board of medicine within fourteen 5 days of receipt of the complaint or report for the purpose of 6 evaluating whether the supervising physician satisfactorily met 7 minimum standards for supervision. 8 Sec. 2. REPEAL. 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 137, section 113, 9 is repealed. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill requires the board of physician assistants to 14 submit a copy of all complaints and reports the board receives 15 regarding the practice or conduct of a physician assistant 16 to the board of medicine within 14 days of receipt of the 17 complaint or report for the purpose of evaluating whether a 18 physician assistant’s supervising physician satisfactorily met 19 minimum standards for supervision. 20 The bill also repeals a requirement that the boards of 21 physician assistants and medicine jointly adopt rules pursuant 22 to Code chapter 17A to establish specific minimum standards 23 or a definition of supervision for appropriate supervision of 24 physician assistants by physicians. 25 -1- LSB 2040YH (2) 87 tr/nh 1/ 1