HB 480: "An Act relating to physician assistants, including the treatment of their services under group health insurance policies."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 480 01 "An Act relating to physician assistants, including the treatment of their services 02 under group health insurance policies." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 08.64.107 is amended to read: 05 Sec. 08.64.107. REGULATION OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND 06 INTENSIVE CARE PARAMEDICS. The board shall adopt regulations regarding the 07 licensure [REGISTRATION] of physician assistants and registration of mobile 08 intensive care paramedics, and the medical services that they may perform, including 09 the 10 (1) [THE] educational and other qualifications; [,] 11 (2) [THE] application and registration procedures; [,] 12 (3) [THE] scope of activities authorized; [,] and 13 (4) [THE] responsibilities of the supervising or training physician. 14 * Sec. 2. AS 18.08.089(a) is amended to read:
01 (a) A mobile intensive care paramedic or physician assistant registered or 02 licensed under AS 08.64.107 or an emergency medical technician certified under this 03 chapter may make a determination and pronouncement of death of a person under the 04 following circumstances: 05 (1) the paramedic or emergency medical technician is an active member 06 of an emergency medical service certified under this chapter; 07 (2) neither a physician licensed under AS 08.64 nor a physician exempt 08 from licensure under AS 08.64 is immediately available for consultation by radio or 09 telephone communications; 10 (3) the paramedic, physician assistant, or emergency medical technician 11 has determined, based on acceptable medical standards, that the person has sustained 12 irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions. 13 * Sec. 3. AS 18.15.310(a) is amended to read: 14 (a) The withdrawal of blood for a test under AS 18.15.300 - 18.15.320 shall 15 be performed in a medically approved manner. Only a physician or physician 16 assistant licensed under AS 08.64, [PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT REGISTERED 17 UNDER AS 08.64,] registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or certified emergency 18 medical technician may withdraw blood specimens for the purposes of AS 18.15.300 - 19 18.15.320. 20 * Sec. 4. AS 21.36.090(d) is amended to read: 21 (d) Except to the extent necessary to comply with AS 21.42.365 and AS 21.56, 22 a person may not practice or permit unfair discrimination against a person who 23 provides a service covered under a group disability policy that extends coverage on an 24 expense incurred basis, or under a group service or indemnity type contract issued by 25 a nonprofit corporation, if the service is within the scope of the provider's occupational 26 license. In this subsection, "provider" means a state licensed physician, physician 27 assistant, dentist, osteopath, optometrist, chiropractor, nurse midwife, advanced nurse 28 practitioner, naturopath, physical therapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, 29 psychological associate, or licensed clinical social worker, or certified direct-entry 30 midwife.