Bill Text: AZ HB2113 | 2024 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 2nd Regular | Chaptered


Bill Title: Medical assistants; scope of practice

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-03-29 - Chapter 26 [HB2113 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2024-HB2113-Chaptered.html

 

 

House Engrossed

 

medical assistants; scope of practice

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

CHAPTER 26

 

HOUSE BILL 2113

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona medical board.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE32-1456. Medical assistants; allowable tasks; training; use of title; violation; classification

A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner:

1. Take body fluid specimens.

2. Administer injections.

B. The board by rule may prescribe other medical procedures that a medical assistant may perform under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner on a determination by the board that the procedures may be competently performed by a medical assistant.

C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may do the following tasks:

1. Perform billing and coding.

2. Verify insurance.

3. Make patient appointments.

4. Perform scheduling.

5. Record a doctor's the findings of a doctor of medicine in patient charts and transcribe materials in patient charts and records.

6. Perform visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical.

7. Take and record patient vital signs and medical history on medical records.

8. Communicate documented medical advice, documented interpretation of test results and documented orders from a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.

9. Obtain, process and communicate medication or procedure prior authorization as documented and ordered by a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.

D. The board by rule shall prescribe medical assistant training requirements. The training requirements for a medical assistant may be satisfied through a training program that meets all of the following:

1. Is designed and offered by a physician.

2. Meets or exceeds any of the approved training program requirements specified in rule.

3. Verifies the entry-level competencies of a medical assistant as prescribed by rule.

4. Provides written verification to the individual of successful completion of the training program.

E. A person who uses the title "medical assistant" or a related abbreviation is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless that person is working as a medical assistant under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner or possesses written verification of successful completion of a training program provided pursuant to subsection D of this section. END_STATUTE


 

 

 

APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 29, 2024.

 

FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 29, 2024.

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