1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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3 SENATE BILL 516 By: Montgomery
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to physician assistants; amending 59
7 O.S. 2011, Section 519.3, as amended by Section 2,
8 Chapter 163, O.S.L. 2015 (59 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
8 519.3), which relates to the Physician Assistant
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9 requiring chair to be physician assistant; and
10 providing an effective date.
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2011, Section 519.3, as
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15 amended by Section 2, Chapter 163, O.S.L. 2015 (59 O.S. Supp. 2020,
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16 Section 519.3), is amended to read as follows:
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17 Section 519.3. A. There is hereby created the Physician
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18 Assistant Committee, which shall be composed of seven (7) members.
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19 Three members of the Committee shall be physician assistants
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20 appointed by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
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21 from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the Oklahoma
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22 Academy of Physician Assistants. One member shall be a physician
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23 appointed by the Board from its membership. One member shall be a
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24 physician appointed by the Board from a list of qualified
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 1 individuals submitted by the Oklahoma State Medical Association and
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2 who is not a member of the Board. One member shall be a physician
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3 appointed by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners from its
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4 membership. One member shall be a physician appointed by the State
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5 Board of Osteopathic Examiners from a list of qualified individuals
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6 submitted by the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association and who is not a
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7 member of said board.
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8 B. The term of office for each member of the Committee shall be
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9 five (5) years.
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10 C. The Committee shall meet at least quarterly nine times per
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11 calendar year. At the initial meeting of each calendar year, the
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12 Committee members shall elect a chair, who shall be a physician
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13 assistant. The chair or his or her designee shall represent the
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14 Committee at all meetings of the Board. Four members shall
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15 constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting official business
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16 of the Committee.
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17 D. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is
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18 hereby granted the power and authority to promulgate rules, which
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19 are in accordance with the provisions of Section 519.1 et seq. of
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20 this title, governing the requirements for licensure as a physician
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21 assistant, as well as to establish standards for training, approve
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22 institutions for training, and regulate the standards of practice of
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23 a physician assistant after licensure, including the power of
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24 revocation of a license.
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 1 E. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is
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2 hereby granted the power and authority to investigate all
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3 complaints, hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and initiate
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4 prosecution concerning violations of Section 519.1 et seq. of this
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5 title. When such complaints involve physicians licensed by the
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6 State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, the State Board of Osteopathic
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7 Examiners shall be officially notified of such complaints.
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8 F. 1. The Committee shall advise the Board on all matters
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9 pertaining to the practice of physician assistants.
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10 2. The Committee shall review and make recommendations to the
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11 Board on all applications for licensure as a physician assistant and
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12 all applications to practice which shall be approved by the Board.
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13 When considering applicants for licensure, to establish standards of
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14 training or approve institutions for training, the Committee shall
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15 include the Director, or designee, of all Physician Assistant
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16 educational programs conducted by institutions of higher education
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17 in the state as members.
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18 3. The Committee shall assist and advise the Board in all
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19 hearings involving physician assistants who are deemed to be in
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20 violation of Section 519.1 et seq. of this title or the rules of the
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21 Board.
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22 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 59-519.3
Senate Committee Substitute: 59-519.2
Floor (House): 59-519.2
Floor (Senate): 59-519.2
Engrossed: 59-519.2
Amended And Engrossed: 59-519.2