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SB488: relative to the regulation of physician assistants.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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2024 SB488
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House Executive Departments and Administration
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04/03/2024 at 11:15 AM
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CHAPTER 162

SB 488 - FINAL VERSION

02/08/2024 0396s

2024 SESSION

24-2916

09/10

SENATE BILL 488

AN ACT relative to the regulation of physician assistants.

SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the board of medicine to adopt rules regarding continuing medical education for those physician assistants that have received their National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants certification, but have chosen not to maintain their certification, and further exempts physician assistants from the provisions of the chapter relative to the board of barbering, cosmetology, and esthetics.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/08/2024 0396s 24-2916

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to the regulation of physician assistants.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

162:1 New Subparagraph; Physician Assistants; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 328-D:10, I by inserting after subparagraph (l) the following new subparagraph:

(m) Continuing medical education (“CME”) requirements for those physician assistants that have received their National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (“NCCPA”) certification, but have chosen not to maintain their certification.

162:2 Barbering, Cosmetology, and Esthetics; Exemptions. Amend RSA 313-A:25, I to read as follows:

I. Physicians and surgeons licensed under RSA 329 and physician assistants licensed under RSA 328-D when engaged in the practice of their profession.

162:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: July 03, 2024

Effective Date: September 01, 2024