This bill modifies the scope of practice requirements for health professions.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- provides that a physical therapist may prescribe durable medical equipment;
- expands the medical imaging a physical therapist may order;
- allows a physical therapist assistant to perform limited joint mobilization;
- provides the conditions under which a physical therapist may order diagnostic lab testing;
- replaces the certification requirement for a medication aide with a license requirement;
- provides a certified registered nurse anesthetist prescriptive authority immediately before and after a procedure;
- extends the amount of time a student may work as a registered nurse apprentice;
- requires a minimum level of registered nursing experience before licensure as a nurse practitioner;
- clarifies collaboration requirements between an athletic trainer and a physician;
- allows an occupational therapist to prescribe durable medical equipment and adaptive devices;
- moves supervision ratios for an occupational therapist to rule;
- replaces the license requirement for a hearing instrument specialist with a certification requirement;
- aligns the unprofessional conduct standards of a hearing instrument specialist with the unprofessional conduct standards of audiologists;
- directs the division to create and issue a respiratory care apprentice license;
- reduces the number of hours required for a physician assistant to work without a collaborative agreement;
- allows an acupuncturist to delegate a low-risk task to an unlicensed aide under specified conditions;
- changes the training requirements for an acupuncturist performing injection therapy;
- expands what substances an acupuncturist may inject;
- clarifies the titles an acupuncturist may use;
- provides the conditions under which an acupuncturist may order clinical laboratory testing; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.
Recommended by: Business and Labor Interim Committee

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 26B-2-801, 26B-4-203, 26B-8-201, 58-1-401, 58-1-510, 58-1-602, 58-1-603, 58-54-303, 58-72-102, 58-72-302, 58-72-501, 58-72-701, 58-88-201