House Engrossed medical assistants; scope of practice State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HOUSE BILL 2113 An Act amending section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona medical board. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
House Engrossed medical assistants; scope of practice
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
HOUSE BILL 2113
House Engrossed
medical assistants; scope of practice
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2024
HOUSE BILL 2113
An Act
amending section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona medical board.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE32-1456. Medical assistants; allowable tasks; training; use of title; violation; classification A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner: 1. Take body fluid specimens. 2. Administer injections. B. The board by rule may prescribe other medical procedures that a medical assistant may perform under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner on a determination by the board that the procedures may be competently performed by a medical assistant. C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may do the following tasks: 1. Perform billing and coding. 2. Verify insurance. 3. Make patient appointments. 4. Perform scheduling. 5. Record a doctor's the findings of a doctor of medicine in patient charts and transcribe materials in patient charts and records. 6. Perform visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical. 7. Take and record patient vital signs and medical history on medical records. 8. Communicate documented medical advice, documented interpretation of test results and documented orders from a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner. 9. Obtain, process and communicate medication or procedure prior authorization as documented and ordered by a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner. D. The board by rule shall prescribe medical assistant training requirements. The training requirements for a medical assistant may be satisfied through a training program that meets all of the following: 1. Is designed and offered by a physician. 2. Meets or exceeds any of the approved training program requirements specified in rule. 3. Verifies the entry-level competencies of a medical assistant as prescribed by rule. 4. Provides written verification to the individual of successful completion of the training program. E. A person who uses the title "medical assistant" or a related abbreviation is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless that person is working as a medical assistant under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner or possesses written verification of successful completion of a training program provided pursuant to subsection D of this section. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE32-1456. Medical assistants; allowable tasks; training; use of title; violation; classification
A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner:
1. Take body fluid specimens.
2. Administer injections.
B. The board by rule may prescribe other medical procedures that a medical assistant may perform under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner on a determination by the board that the procedures may be competently performed by a medical assistant.
C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may do the following tasks:
1. Perform billing and coding.
2. Verify insurance.
3. Make patient appointments.
4. Perform scheduling.
5. Record a doctor's the findings of a doctor of medicine in patient charts and transcribe materials in patient charts and records.
6. Perform visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical.
7. Take and record patient vital signs and medical history on medical records.
8. Communicate documented medical advice, documented interpretation of test results and documented orders from a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
9. Obtain, process and communicate medication or procedure prior authorization as documented and ordered by a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
D. The board by rule shall prescribe medical assistant training requirements. The training requirements for a medical assistant may be satisfied through a training program that meets all of the following:
1. Is designed and offered by a physician.
2. Meets or exceeds any of the approved training program requirements specified in rule.
3. Verifies the entry-level competencies of a medical assistant as prescribed by rule.
4. Provides written verification to the individual of successful completion of the training program.
E. A person who uses the title "medical assistant" or a related abbreviation is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless that person is working as a medical assistant under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner or possesses written verification of successful completion of a training program provided pursuant to subsection D of this section. END_STATUTE