HB 1481
Anesthesiologist assistants; allow licensure under physicians assistant licensure law.
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Bill overview
An act to amend section 73-26-1, mississippi code of 1972, to delete the prohibition on licensing anesthesiologist assistants under the physician assistant licensure law; To amend section 73-26-3, mississippi code of 1972, to provide that applicants for licensure as a physician assistant who have passed the certification examination administered by the national commission for certification of anesthesiologist assistants (nccaa) and met other requirements are eligible for licensure as a physician assistant; To amend section 73-26-5, mississippi code of 1972, to delete the prohibition on the state board of medical licensure from authorizing physician assistants to administer OR monitor general inhaled anesthesia, epidural anesthesia, spinal anesthesia OR monitored anesthesia as utilized IN surgical procedures; And for related purposes.
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