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Committee approves physician assistant rule rewrite but removes explicit NCCPA organization reference after debate
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved pending rules for physician assistant licensure and practice but removed a new rule line that explicitly named the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) after a contentious floor exchange.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved pending rule chapter 24.33.02 governing physician assistant (PA) licensure and practice standards but removed a provision that explicitly named the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) in rule language.
Nikki Chopsky, representing the PA advisory committee and the Idaho Board of Medicine, said the board struck a duplicative statutory definition and relocated several sections to improve clarity. She told the committee the board added language related to the…
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