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Legislature advances measure to move physician assistants under medical board; floor debate highlights scope‑of‑practice concerns
Summary
Senators advanced a bill that would transfer physician assistant (PA) oversight to the Guam Board of Medical Examiners and update PA prescriptive authority; supporters called the move a patient‑safety alignment with national practice, while at least one physician testified against placing PAs on the medical board.
A bill to place physician assistants under the Guam Board of Medical Examiners and to update their prescriptive authority was moved to the third‑reading file after floor discussion and an amendment struck a parenthetical phrase in the draft. Sponsors said the change aligns Guam with practice in most U.S. states and allows the medical board to review collaborative practice agreements; a physician who testified in the public hearing warned that scope‑of‑practice differences between physicians and PAs make board…
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