House
File
591
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HOUSE
FILE
591
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
189)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
15,
2017
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
physician
supervision
of
physician
1
assistants,
and
including
effective
date
and
retroactive
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
148C.5
Supervising
physicians
——
1
board
of
medicine
——
rulemaking
requirements.
2
1.
If
the
board
commences
a
contested
case
hearing
against
3
a
physician
assistant
by
delivering
a
statement
of
charges
4
and
notice
of
hearing
to
the
physician
assistant,
the
board
5
shall
deliver
a
copy
of
the
statement
of
charges
and
notice
of
6
hearing
to
the
physician
assistant’s
supervising
physician.
7
2.
The
board
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
8
establish
specific
procedures
for
consulting
with
and
sharing
9
information
with
the
board
of
medicine
regarding
complaints
10
that
a
physician
assistant
may
have
been
inadequately
11
supervised
by
the
physician
assistant’s
supervising
physician.
12
3.
The
board
shall
not
amend
or
rescind
any
of
the
following
13
rules
unless,
prior
to
the
submission
of
such
an
amendment
or
14
rescission
to
the
administrative
rules
coordinator,
the
board
15
consults
with
and
receives
approval
from
the
board
of
medicine
16
to
make
such
a
submission:
17
a.
645
IAC
326.1
regarding
the
following
terms:
18
(1)
“Physician”.
19
(2)
“Physician
assistant”.
20
(3)
“Supervising
physician”.
21
(4)
“Supervision”.
22
b.
645
IAC
326.2(1)(f).
23
c.
645
IAC
326.4(6).
24
d.
645
IAC
326.8.
25
e.
645
IAC
326.19(3)(b)(3).
26
f.
645
IAC
327.1(1)(s)(1)-(4).
27
g.
645
IAC
327.1(1)(u).
28
h.
645
IAC
327.1(1)(z).
29
i.
645
IAC
327.4(1)(b)(2)-(4).
30
j.
645
IAC
327.4(2).
31
k.
645
IAC
327.6(1)(d).
32
Sec.
2.
REPEAL.
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
137,
section
113,
33
is
repealed.
34
Sec.
3.
PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT
SUPERVISION
RULEMAKING
ACTIONS.
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1.
The
board
of
physician
assistants
shall
take
no
further
1
action
relating
to
ARC
2832C.
ARC
2832C
is
terminated
as
of
2
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
3
2.
a.
The
amendments
to
653
Iowa
administrative
code,
rules
4
21.4,
21.5,
21.6,
21.7,
and
21.8;
and
653
Iowa
administrative
5
code,
chapter
21,
implementation
sentence,
as
appearing
in
ARC
6
2532C,
as
published
in
the
Iowa
administrative
bulletin,
volume
7
XXXVIII,
number
23,
dated
May
11,
2016,
pp.
2190-2193,
are
8
rescinded.
9
b.
As
soon
as
practicable,
the
Iowa
administrative
code
10
editor
shall
restore
the
language
of
the
Iowa
administrative
11
code
referenced
in
paragraph
“a”
of
this
subsection
to
the
12
language
that
existed
on
May
10,
2016.
13
Sec.
4.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
The
section
of
this
Act
14
repealing
2015
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
137,
section
113,
applies
15
retroactively
to
July
1,
2015.
16
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
17
importance,
shall
be
effective
upon
enactment.
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