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Committee approves PA licensure rules after floor debate over NCCPA reference
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved pending physician assistant licensure rules while agreeing to remove a rule line that explicitly named the NCCPA certifying body after a contentious floor exchange and a failed substitute motion.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved pending rules for physician assistant licensure (docket 24-3302-2401) after a heated exchange over whether to list the certifying body—the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)in the rule text.
Nikki Chopsky, bureau chief for health professions, said the boardand the PA advisory committee sought to remove redundant definitions and align rule language with statute. The pending rule added language identifying the acceptable…
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