PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 3106 PRINTER'S NO. 3314
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2294
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY VENKAT, GUENST, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, FREEMAN,
BURGOS, MADSEN, SANCHEZ, CERRATO, STEHR, SHUSTERMAN, WEBSTER,
CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, FLEMING, HANBIDGE, PARKER, CONKLIN, DONAHUE,
KAZEEM, DALEY, JAMES, OTTEN, HOWARD AND ZIMMERMAN,
MAY 20, 2024
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, JUNE 12, 2024
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), entitled
2 "An act requiring the licensing of practitioners of
3 osteopathic medicine and surgery; regulating their practice;
4 providing for certain funds and penalties for violations and
5 repeals," further providing for definitions.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The definition of "primary supervising physician"
9 in section 2 of the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261),
10 known as the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act, is amended to
11 read:
12 Section 2. Definitions.
13 The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
14 have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
15 meanings given to them in this section:
16 * * *
17 "Primary supervising physician." An osteopathic physician
1 who is [registered] LICENSED with the board or a medical doctor <--
2 who is registered LICENSED with the State Board of Medicine and <--
3 is designated in a written agreement with a physician assistant
4 under section 10(g) as having primary responsibility for
5 supervising the physician assistant.
6 * * *
7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 3106: P.L.1109, No.261
Printer's No. 3314: P.L.1109, No.261