| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to health occupations; modifying physician assistant collaborative |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 agreement requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147A.02. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 147A.02, is amended to read: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 147A.02 QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSURE. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) The board may grant a license as a physician assistant to an applicant who: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (1) submits an application on forms approved by the board; |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (2) pays the appropriate fee as determined by the board; |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (3) has current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11Assistants, or its successor agency as approved by the board; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (4) certifies that the applicant is mentally and physically able to engage safely in practice |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13as a physician assistant; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (5) has no licensure, certification, or registration as a physician assistant under current |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15discipline, revocation, suspension, or probation for cause resulting from the applicant's |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16practice as a physician assistant, unless the board considers the condition and agrees to |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17licensure; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (6) submits any other information the board deems necessary to evaluate the applicant's |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19qualifications; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (7) has been approved by the board. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-02396 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR AGW/ES |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 1083NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KUPEC, Utke, Boldon, Lieske and Wiklund) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading02/06/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Health and Human Services 2.1 (b) All persons registered as physician assistants as of June 30, 1995, are eligible for |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2continuing license renewal. All persons applying for licensure after that date shall be licensed |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3according to this chapter. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.4 (c) A physician assistant who qualifies for licensure must practice for at least 2,080 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.5hours, within the context of a collaborative agreement, within a hospital or integrated clinical |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.6setting where physician assistants and physicians work together to provide patient care. The |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.7physician assistant shall submit written evidence to the board with the application, or upon |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.8completion of the required collaborative practice experience. For purposes of this paragraph, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.9a collaborative agreement is a mutually agreed upon plan for the overall working relationship |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.10and collaborative arrangement between a physician assistant, and one or more physicians |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.11licensed under chapter 147 or licensed in another state or United States territory, that |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.12designates the scope of services that can be provided collaboration necessary to manage the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.13care of patients. The physician assistant and one of the collaborative physicians must have |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.14experience in providing care to patients with the same or similar medical conditions. The |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.15collaborating physician is not required to be physically present so long as the collaborating |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.16physician and physician assistant are or can be easily in contact with each other by radio, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.17telephone, or other telecommunication device. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 25-02396 as introduced01/17/25 REVISOR AGW/ES |
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