Bill Text: GA HB1303 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Physician assistants; prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; physicians authorize

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-26 - House Second Readers [HB1303 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-HB1303-Introduced.html

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12 LC 33 4739ER

House Bill 1303

By: Representative Kidd of the 141st

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Code Section 43-34-103 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to delegation of authority to physician assistants, so as to authorize a physician to delegate to a physician assistant the authority to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances; to require health insurance providers to record the name of a physician assistant providing care and treatment to a patient; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 43-34-103 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to delegation of authority to physician assistants, is amended by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (e.1) as follows:

"(1) In addition to and without limiting the authority granted by Code Section 43-34-23, a physician may delegate to a physician assistant, in accordance with a job description, the authority to issue a prescription drug order or orders for any device as defined in Code Section 26-4-5 or to issue any dangerous drug as defined in Code Section 16-13-71 or any Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance as defined in Code Section 16-13-21 on a prescription drug order or prescription device order form as specified in paragraph (3) of this subsection. Delegation of such authority shall be contained in the job description required by this Code section. The delegating physician shall remain responsible for the medical acts of the physician assistant performing such delegated acts and shall adequately supervise the physician assistant. If an existing job description for a physician assistant does not contain such authority to order a prescription drug or device order as provided by this subsection, that physician assistant may not issue any such prescription drug or device order until a new job description delegating such authority is submitted to and approved by the board. Nothing in this Code section shall be construed to authorize the written prescription drug order of a Schedule I or II controlled substance."

SECTION 2.

Said Code section is further amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"(m) A health insurance provider shall record the name of a physician assistant providing health care for a patient. Such recording shall be made in the same manner as such provider records the name of the treating physician. Such recording shall be made for the purposes of documenting care and treatment provided to a patient by a physician assistant, facilitating communication regarding a patient's health care, and accurately monitoring treatment provided by health care providers. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a health insurance provider from recording the name of the delegating physician in addition to the name of the physician assistant."

SECTION 3.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.