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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
SENATE BILL 516 By: Montgomery
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to physician assistants; amending 59
O.S. 2011, Section 519.3, as amended by Section 2,
Chapter 163, O.S.L. 2015 (59 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
519.3), which relates to the P hysician Assistant
Committee; modifying number of annual meetings;
requiring chair to be physician assistant; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF O KLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2011, Section 519.3, as
amended by Section 2, Chapter 163, O.S.L. 2015 (59 O.S. Supp. 2020,
Section 519.3), is amended to read as follows:
Section 519.3. A. There is hereby created the Phys ician
Assistant Committee, which shall be composed of seven (7) members.
Three members of the Committee shall be physician assistants
appointed by the Stat e Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the O klahoma
Academy of Physician Assistants. One member shall be a physician
appointed by the Board from its membership. One member shall be a
physician appointed by the Board from a list of qualified
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individuals submitted by the Oklahoma State Medical Assoc iation and
who is not a member of the Board. One member shall be a physician
appointed by the State Boar d of Osteopathic Examiners from its
membership. One member shall be a physician appointed by the St ate
Board of Osteopathic Examiners from a list of q ualified individuals
submitted by the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association and who is not a
member of said board.
B. The term of office for each member of th e Committee shall be
five (5) years.
C. The Committee shall meet at least quarterly nine times per
calendar year. At the initial meeting of each calendar year, the
Committee members shall elect a chair , who shall be a physician
assistant. The chair or his or her designee shall represent the
Committee at all meetings of the Board. Four members shall
constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting official business
of the Committee.
D. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is
hereby granted the power and authority to promulgate rules, wh ich
are in accordance with the provisions of Sectio n 519.1 et seq. of
this title, governing the requirements for licensure as a physician
assistant, as well as to establish standards for training, approve
institutions for training, and regulate the standar ds of practice of
a physician assistant after licen sure, including the power of
revocation of a license.
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E. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Su pervision is
hereby granted the power and authority to investigate all
complaints, hold hearings, subpoe na witnesses and initiate
prosecution concerning vi olations of Section 519.1 et seq. of this
title. When such complaints involve physicians licensed by the
State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, the State Board of Osteopathic
Examiners shall be officially notified of such complaints.
F. 1. The Committee shall advise the Board on all matters
pertaining to the practice of physician assistants.
2. The Committee shall review and make recommendations to the
Board on all applications for licensure as a physici an assistant and
all applications to practice which shall be approved by the Board.
When considering applicants for licensure, to establish standards o f
training or approve institutions for training, the Committee shall
include the Director, or designee, of all Physician Assistant
educational programs con ducted by institutions of higher education
in the state as members.
3. The Committee shall assist an d advise the Board in all
hearings involving physician assistants who are deemed to be in
violation of Section 519.1 et seq. of this title or the rules of the
Board.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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