71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
SA to SB 569
 
LC 2828/SB 569-2
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                         SENATE BILL 569
 
            By COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
                            April 24
 
  On page 1 of the printed bill, line 2, after the semicolon
insert 'creating new provisions; and'.
  In line 12, after the period delete the rest of the line.
  In line 13, delete 'for no more than one year but may be
renewed annually.'.
  In line 24, restore 'The board may review and approve ap-'.
  Restore lines 25 through 29.
  On page 2, after line 5, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 2. + } ORS 677.510, as amended by section 1 of
this 2001 Act, is amended to read:
  ' 677.510. (1) A person licensed to practice medicine under
this chapter shall not use the services of a physician assistant
without the prior approval of the Board of Medical Examiners. The
application shall state the name of the physician assistant,
describe the manner and extent to which the physician assistant's
services would be used and supervised, state the education,
training and experience of the physician assistant and provide
such other information in such a form as the board may require.
  ' (2) The board may approve or reject an application, or it may
modify the proposed use of the services of the physician
assistant and approve the application as modified. When it
appears to the board that the services of a physician assistant
are being used in a manner inconsistent with the approval
granted, the board may withdraw its approval. If a hearing is
requested by the physician or the physician assistant upon the
rejection of an application, or upon the withdrawal of an
approval, a hearing shall be conducted in accordance with ORS
677.200.
  ' (3) The supervising physician may have a different specialty
from the physician assistant. A physician assistant may be
supervised by no more than four physicians. A physician may
supervise   { - four - }   { + two + } physician assistants.
 { + However, in population groups federally designated as
underserved, or in geographic areas of the state that are
federally designated health professional shortage areas,
federally designated medically underserved areas or areas
designated as medically disadvantaged and in need of primary
health care providers by the Director of Human Services or the
Office of Rural Health, a physician may supervise four physician
assistants.  + }The board may review and approve applications
from physicians serving federally designated underserved
populations, or physicians in federally designated health
professional shortage areas, federally designated medically
underserved areas or areas designated as medically disadvantaged
and in need of primary health care providers by the Director of
Human Services or the Office of Rural Health to supervise more
than four physician assistants, and applications from physician
assistants to be supervised by more than four physicians. A
physician assistant may render services in an emergency room and
 
other hospital settings, a nursing home, a corrections
institution and any site included in the practice description.
  ' (4) A licensed physician assistant may make application to
the board for emergency drug dispensing authority. The board
shall consider the criteria adopted by the Physician Assistant
Committee under ORS 677.545 (4) in reviewing the application.
Such emergency dispensing shall be of drugs prepared or
prepackaged by a licensed pharmacist, manufacturing drug outlet
or wholesale drug outlet authorized to do so under ORS chapter
689.
  '  { +  SECTION 3. + }  { + The amendments to ORS 677.510 by
section 2 of this 2001 Act become operative on January 2,
2006. + } ' .
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