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SPONSOR:
Rep. Berry
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
HOUSE BILL NO. 325
AMEND House Bill No. 325 on line 118 by inserting “
within the education, training, and experience of physician associates
” after “
services
” and before “
.
” therein.
FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 325 by deleting lines 134 to 149 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“
(4) Independent practice within a setting with at least 1 licensed Delaware physician:
Creating an application form for physician associates with more than 6,000 post-graduate clinical practice hours to request independent practice authority for physician associates who intend to practice in a setting with at least 1 licensed Delaware physician in the group, practice, or health system. The application form must require a physician associate to provide at least the physician associate’s name, license number, physical location of practice, mailing address, phone number, primary area of medical practice, and proof of required post-graduate clinical practice hours.
(5) Independent practice within a setting without at least 1 licensed Delaware physician:
Creating an application form for physician associates with more than 6,000 post-graduate clinical practice hours to request independent practice authority for physician associates who intend to practice in a setting without at least 1 licensed Delaware physician in the group, practice, or health system. The application form must require a physician associate to provide at least the physician associate's name, license number, physical location of the practice, mailing address, phone number, primary area of medical practice, proof of required post-graduate clinical practice hours, and proof that the physician associate has had training which aligns to the physician associate’s practice areas.
(6) Changes to practice area for independent practice within a setting without at least 1 licensed Delaware physician:
Creating an application form and process for physician associates in the group, practice, or health system, that have been granted independent practice authority, to notify the Physician Associates Regulatory Council prior to a change of the physician associate’s practice area and provide proof the physician associate has had training that aligns to the new practice area.
(7) The conditions under which a physician associate who is denied a waiver of the collaborative agreement requirement may reapply.
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SYNOPSIS
House Amendment No. 2 to House Bill No. 325 clarifies that the Regulatory Council for Physician Associates must adopt rules and regulations regarding the following:
1) The licensing of physician associates to allow performance of medical services within their education, training, and experience.
2) An application for independent practice authority within a setting with at least 1 licensed Delaware physician.
3) An application for independent practice authority within a setting with no licensed Delaware Physician.
4) An application to report changes to the practice area of the independent practice authority withing a setting with no licensed Delaware physician.
5) The conditions under which a physician associate who is denied a waiver of the collaborative agreement requirement may reapply.