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Committee approves physician assistant rules but excludes named exam after DEI dispute
Summary
The House Health and Welfare Committee approved the pending rule chapter for physician assistants (docket 2433022401) but voted to exclude the section that named the national certifying exam after members raised concerns about the certifying body’s public statements on diversity, equity and inclusion.
The House Health and Welfare Committee on a voice and recorded vote approved the physician assistant pending rule chapter (docket 2433022401) while removing section 100.01 that would have named the nation’s certifying exam. The committee’s action followed an extended colloquy about the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and whether the exam it administers should be named in state rules.
Why it matters: The change leaves the rule chapter in place while omitting the explicit naming of the national exam. Committee staff and the presenter said removing the exam name does not prevent the division from continuing to use the existing national exam operationally, but it creates a gap between statute and the rule text that the division said it prefers to avoid.
The rule presenter, Nikki…
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