Oklahoma 2022 Regular Session

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30		-	ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO . 516 By: Montgomery of the Senate
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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	33	+	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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85	51		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
86	52		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2011, Section 519.2, as
87	53		last amended by Section 1, Chapter 154, O.S.L. 2020 (59 O.S. Supp.
88	54		2020, Section 519.2), is amended to re ad as follows:
89	55		Section 519.2. As used in the Physician Assistant Act:
90	56		1. “Board” means the State Board of Medical Licensure and
91	57		Supervision;
92	58		2. “Committee” means the Physician Assistant Committee;
93	59		3. “Practice of medicine ” means services which require training
94	60		in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, including the
95	61		use and administration of drugs, and which are performed by
96	62		physician assistants so long as such services are within the
97	63		physician assistants ’ skill, form a component of the phys ician’s
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	91	+	scope of practice, and are provided with physician supervision,
	92	+	including authenticating by signature any form that may be
126	93		authenticated by the delegating physician ’s signature with prior
127	94		delegation by the physician;
128	95		4. “Patient care setting ” means and includes, but is not
129	96		limited to, a physician ’s office, clinic, hospital, nursing home,
130	97		extended care facility, patient ’s home, ambulatory surgical center,
131	98		hospice facility or any other setting authorized by the delegating
132	99		physician;
133	100		5. “Physician assistant” means a health care professional,
134	101		qualified by academic and clinical education and licensed by the
135	102		State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, to practice
136	103		medicine with physician supervision;
137	104		6. “Delegating physician ” means an individual ho lding a license
138	105		in good standing as a physician from the State Board of Medical
139	106		Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic
140	107		Examiners, who supervises an unlimited number of physician
141	108		assistants and delegates decision making pursuant to the practice
142	109		agreement;
143	110		7. “Supervision” means overseeing or delegating the activities
144	111		of the medical services rendered by a physician assistant through a
145	112		practice agreement between a medical doctor or osteopathic physician
146	113		performing procedures or directly o r indirectly involved with the
147	114		treatment of a patient, and the physician assistant working jointly
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	142	+	toward a common goal of providing services. Delegation shall be
	143	+	defined by the practice agreement . The physical presence of the
176	144		delegating physician is not required as long as the delegating
177	145		physician and physician assistant are or can be easily in contact
178	146		with each other by telecommunication. At all times a physician
179	147		assistant shall be considered an agent of the delegating physician;
180	148		8. “Telecommunication” means the use of electronic technologies
181	149		to transmit words, sounds or images for interpersonal communication,
182	150		clinical care (telemedicine) and review of electronic health
183	151		records; and
184	152		9. “Practice agreement” means a written agreement between a
185	153		physician assistant and the delegating physician concerning the
186	154		scope of practice of the physician assistant to only be determined
187	155		by the delegating physician and the physician assistant based on the
188	156		education, training, skills and experience of the physician
189	157		assistant. The agreement shall involve the joint formulation,
190	158		discussion and agreement on the methods of supervision and
191	159		collaboration for diagnosis, consultation and treatment of medical
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193	161		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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	163	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 04/07/2021 -
	164	+	DO PASS, As Amended.