Bill Title: Physician assistants. Allows a physician assistant who is delegated authority to prescribe a controlled substance after practicing for at least 1,800 hours. (Current law allows a physician assistant to be delegated to prescribe a controlled substance after practicing for one year after graduating from a physician assistant program and practicing for at least 1,800 hours.) Removes requirement that supervising physician must delegate prescribing authority by the name of the drug or drug classification. Specifies that a physician assistant may refill a prescription as allowed for in the physician assistant's supervisory agreement. Provides that a pharmacist may not require the supervising

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-04 - Public Law 135 [HB1183 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Steven Davisson [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	HD-073	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Robert Heaton [R]	Cosponsor	Webmail	317-232-9765	HD-046	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sue Errington [D]	Cosponsor	Webmail	800-382-9842	HD-034	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charlie Brown [D]	Cosponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-003	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patricia Miller [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-032	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ronald Grooms [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-046	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ed Charbonneau [R]	Primary	Webmail	317-232-9400	SD-005	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jon Ford [R]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-038	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mark Stoops [D]	Primary	Inactive	Inactive	SD-040	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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