Amends existing law to provide requirements for physician assistants who practice at certain facilities or practices or who own a medical practice.

This legislation maintains oversight of physician assistants (PAs) in medical practice while offering them relief from over-regulation. It reduces unnecessary administrative and regulatory burdens from PAs, physicians, hospitals, and practice managers while maintaining an appropriate level of oversight. If adopted, these anticipated changes will improve patient access to care, particularly in rural, underserved areas where it can be difficult to comply with burdensome delegation of services requirements. Hospitalsandphysician-ownedclinicswillfinditeasiertoemployPAsbyleveragingexistingcredentialingand privileging systems to ensure patient safety. PAs will be better able to meet the needs of patients without delays caused by site registrations, supervising physician availability requirements, and other regulatory requirements that do not serve any measurable patient safety benefit. This legislation has been reviewed by several stakeholders including the Board of Medicine and the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.