The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 528 Engrossed 2018 Regular Session LaFleur
Present law provides that a supervising physician may supervise up to four physician assistants.
Proposed law increases the number of physician assistants a primary supervising physician can
supervise from four to eight.
Present law provides that a graduate physician assistant must have 500 clinical hours of training prior
to application for prescriptive authority.
Proposed law provides that to be eligible to apply for prescriptive authority the physician assistant
shall have 500 clinical training hours prior to graduation from an approved physician assistant
education program, hold an active unrestricted license from LSBME, be authorized to prescribe by
a supervising physician, and apply for a controlled dangerous substance license from the LSBP, if
the physician assistant intends to control CDSs.
Proposed law prohibits LSBME from imposing additional prescription authority qualifications
through administrative rulemaking.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 37:1360.23(G) and 1360.31(C)(2))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to the
original bill
1. Reduces provision setting a maximum of physician assistants a primary supervising
physician can supervise from 20 to eight.