Chapter 346
AN ACT
SB 676
Relating to payment of claims submitted by physician assistants;
amending ORS 743.725; and repealing section 2, chapter 446, Oregon Laws 2003.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. ORS 743.725 is amended to read:
743.725. (1) [No insurer shall] An
insurer may not refuse a claim solely on the ground that the claim was
submitted by a physician assistant [practicing
under the circumstances set forth in ORS 677.515 (4)] rather than by the
supervising physician for the physician assistant.
(2) This section is
exempt from ORS 743.700.
SECTION 2. Section 2, chapter 446,
Approved by the Governor June 11, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State June 13, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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