The bill, SB 515 or the Collaboration and Rural Expansion of Services Act, would eliminate an existing limit of a 4 to 1 ratio of PAs to supervising physicians. Instead, the bill would allow PAs to work under a collaborative agreement with a physician and allow hospitals to create their own requirements around how many years of practice are required for supervision versus collaboration.
The bill would also establish a Physician Assistant Examining Board to oversee the licensure, regulation and practice of PAs in Wisconsin. The bill aims to help reduce the effects of a growing physician shortage in the state, according to FOX 11 News.
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