West Virginia House Bill 4289 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-01-24 - To House Health and Human Resources
Pending: House Health & Human Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to modernize the licensure and regulation of physician assistants by the West Virginia Board of Medicine. It permits physician assistant to obtain licensure prior to finding employment, prohibits physician assistants from practicing without an approved practice agreement on file with the board and authorizes physician assistants to practice in emergency situations and under volunteer licenses/endorsements. The bill does not modify in any way the established scope of practice for physician assistants.

Modernizing the licensure and regulation of physician assistants by the West Virginia Board of Medicine

Del. Don Perdue [D]	Del. Barbara Fleischauer [D]	Del. Jim Morgan [D]	Del. Joe Ellington [R]
Del. Margaret Staggers [D]	Del. Randal Swartzmiller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-01-24	House	To House Health and Human Resources
2014-01-24	House	Introduced in House
2014-01-24	House	To Health and Human Resources then Government Organization
2014-01-24	House	Filed for introduction

SB425 (Similar To) 2014-04-14 - Chapter 142, Acts, Regular Session, 2014

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	3	16	Amended Code	Citation Text
30	3	16a	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4289&year=2014&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4289%20intr.htm&yr=2014&sesstype=RS&i=4289