AN ACT relating to physician assistants.

Amend KRS 311.840 to define terms; amend KRS 311.842, 311.848, 311.850 311.862, 202A.011, 202C.010, 216B.175, and 600.020 to change references to "supervising physician" to "collaborating physician" to conform; amend KRS 311.858 to list the services a physician assistant may provide, and require a physician assistant to consult and collaborate with or refer a patient to an appropriate licensed physician as indicated by the patient's condition and the standard of care; create a new section of…

Introduced: February 4, 2025

Last action: February 6, 2025

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This bill changes how physician assistants in Kentucky work alongside doctors, shifting from a "supervision" model to a "collaboration" model. It would require physician assistants to have a formal collaboration agreement with a physician and to consult, collaborate, or refer patients to a doctor when a patient's condition requires it. The change adjusts the legal relationship between physician assistants and doctors without removing the requirement to work together. Who it may affect: patients who receive care from physician assistants, physician assistants, and the physicians who work with them.

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