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Sponsor seeks more physician-assistant seats on Board of Medical Examiners; association supports amendment
Summary
Representative Jody Etchart and representatives of physician assistants urged the committee to place three PAs on the Board of Medical Examiners; the Montana Academy of Physician Assistants opposed the bill as written but said it would support an amendment to add three PA seats.
Representative Jody Etchart told the Senate Business and Labor Committee she sought to add physician-assistant representation on the Board of Medical Examiners to reflect the growing PA workforce and the role PAs play in rural care. The proposal in House Bill 686 would add PA members to the board; Etchart said the sponsor and executive branch had worked toward an amendment to place three PAs on the board.
Why it matters: PAs have expanded practice in Montana and witnesses said including multiple PAs on a medical board improves rule-making input and judicatory panel representation where professional…
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