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Committee advances physician assistant licensure compact to allow cross-state practice
Summary
Senate Study Bill 1052, implementing a physician assistant (PA) licensure compact, was advanced by the committee; sponsor said the compact would allow PAs to practice in Iowa under the Iowa Board of PAs and noted 13 states have enacted similar compacts.
Senate Study Bill 1052, a physician assistant licensure compact, was advanced by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and will move to the Senate calendar.
Sponsor Senator Warmie explained the bill "is a physician assistant compact. It enacts a PA licensure compact to permit PAs to practice in Iowa under the authority of the Iowa Board of PAs and scope of practice." Warmie noted that 13 states have already enacted the compact and that Iowa already participates in several interstate licensing compacts.
The committee adopted the measure without recorded opposition in the transcript. The sponsor moved the bill and the committee advanced it to the calendar under the committee's rule 40.
Next steps: If enacted, the compact would permit participating PAs to practice across member states under the compact's terms; the transcript did not include fiscal estimates or detailed implementation timelines.
