Bill > SB169

Introduced Session

The purpose of this bill is to allow physician assistants to own a practice. This bill also allows the West Virginia Board of Medicine to deny a license or other authorization to physician assistants who make unlawful referrals where that physician assistant has a proprietary interest. It provides that the term "physician assistant" is synonymous with "physician associate" or whatever term the American Academy of Physician Associates designates as the proper term for the profession. The bill further authorizes physician assistants to form a medical corporation and designates physician assistant as a professional service eligible for establishing a professional limited liability company.

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Tom Takubo (R)*,  Vince Deeds (R),  Bill Hamilton (R),  Glenn Jeffries (R),  Eric Nelson (R),  Mike Oliverio (R),  Rupie Phillips (R),  Rollan Roberts (R),  Patricia Rucker (R),  Randy Smith (R),  Chandler Swope (R),  Eric Tarr (R),  Laura Wakim Chapman (R),  Jack Woodrum (R), 

To House Health and Human Resources (on 01/15/2024)

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