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1		-	House Engrossed medical assistants; scope of practice State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 ~~CHAPTER 26 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)
	1	+	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)
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54	51		An Act
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58	55		amending section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona medical board.
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68	65		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
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70	67		Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
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72	69		Section 1. Section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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74	71		START_STATUTE32-1456. Medical assistants; allowable tasks; training; use of title; violation; classification
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76	73		A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner:
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82	79		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.
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84	81		C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may do the following tasks:
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104	101		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:
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114	111		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
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