71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
HA to B-Eng. SB 885 (A to RC)
 
LC 2660/SB 885-B13
 
                       HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO
                   B-ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 885
           (INCLUDING AMENDMENTS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS)
 
    By COMMITTEE ON RULES, REDISTRICTING, AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
 
                             July 3
 
  On page 1 of the printed B-engrossed bill, line 6, after the
period delete the rest of the line.
  Delete line 7 and insert 'The'.
  In line 10, after 'management' insert 'recommendations; ' and
delete the rest of the line.
  On page 3, line 19, delete 'a pharmacist'.
  In line 20, delete 'licensed under ORS chapter 689,'.
  After line 31, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 11a. + } If Senate Bill 569 becomes law,
section 11 of this 2001 Act is amended to read:
  '  { +  Sec. 11. + } A person required to complete one pain
management education program established under section 3 of this
2001 Act shall complete the program { + : + }
  '  { +  (1) + } Within 24 months of the operative date of this
section { + ; + }
  { - or - }
  '  { +  (2) + } Within 24 months of the first renewal of the
person's license after the operative date of this section { + ;
or
  ' (3) For a physician assistant for whom an application under
ORS 677.510 (1) has been approved before the operative date of
this section, within 24 months after the operative date of this
section + }.'.
  On page 6, after line 7, insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 14a. + }  { + If Senate Bill 569 becomes law,
section 14 of this 2001 Act (amending ORS 677.510) is repealed
and ORS 677.510, as amended by sections 1 and 2, chapter ___,
Oregon Laws 2001 (Enrolled Senate Bill 569), 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 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.
  '  { +  (5) A physician assistant for whom an application under
subsection (1) of this section has been approved by the board on
or after the operative date of this section shall submit to the
board, within 24 months after the approval, documentation of
completion of:
  ' (a) A pain management education program approved by the board
and developed in conjunction with the Pain Management Commission
established under section 1 of this 2001 Act; or
  ' (b) An equivalent pain management education program, as
determined by the board. + } ' .
  On page 7, delete lines 32 through 34 and insert:
  '  { +  SECTION 18. + }  { + Sections 10, 11 and 11a of this
2001 Act and the amendments to ORS 675.110, 677.228, 677.510,
678.101, 684.092 and 685.102 by sections 12 to 17 of this 2001
Act become operative on January 2, 2006. + } ' .
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