Pennsylvania Act 1994-157 — MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT OF 1985 - AMEND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION

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MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT OF 1985 - AMEND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION
                 Act of Dec. 27, 1994, P.L. 1353, No. 157             Cl. 63
                             Session of 1994
                               No. 1994-157

     SB 1576

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112),
        entitled "An act relating to the right to practice medicine
        and surgery and the right to practice medically related acts;
        reestablishing the State Board of Medical Education and
        Licensure as the State Board of Medicine and providing for
        its composition, powers and duties; providing for the
        issuance of licenses and certificates and the suspension and
        revocation of licenses and certificates; providing penalties;
        and making repeals," providing for graduate physician
        assistant.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  The act of December 20, 1985 (P.L.457, No.112),
     known as the Medical Practice Act of 1985, is amended by adding
     a section to read:
      Section 13.2.  Graduate physician assistant.
        (a)  Practice.--Graduates of a physician assistant program
     recognized by the board may register with the board and practice
     only under direct supervision of a physician until certified by
     a process recognized by the board. Practice under this section
     shall be limited to the period between graduation and receipt of
     the results of the first examination after graduation offered by
     an examination agency in accordance with section 24. If the
     person applying for certification fails the examination, the
     authority to practice under this section shall expire.
        (b)  Use of title.--The title "graduate physician assistant"
     or the abbreviation "GPA" shall be used until certification is
     obtained.
        (c)  Drugs.--A graduate physician assistant shall not be
     permitted to prescribe or dispense drugs at the direction of a
     physician until certification has been completed.
        Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.

     APPROVED--The 27th day of December, A. D. 1994.

     ROBERT P. CASEY