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Committee sends bill to floor to let medical assistants work under advanced practice nurses
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The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 327 to the House floor with a "do pass" recommendation after the sponsor said the bill updates state law so certified medical assistants may be supervised by advanced practice registered nurses.
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 327 to the House floor with a "do pass" recommendation after Representative Healy, District 15, said the measure updates state law to reflect modern clinic practice.
Representative Healy told the committee that when the credentialing process for medical assistants was created, the role was defined to work under medical doctors and physician assistants. She said clinic practice has evolved and that advanced practice registered…
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