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Committee hears sponsor testimony on bill to modernize CRNA statute; sponsors say bill clarifies, not expands, practice
Summary
Testimony at the first hearing on House Bill 52 described the bill as consolidating CRNA practice authority into one section of the Ohio Revised Code, clarifying collaboration requirements and preserving facility and collaborating-provider authority to define practice scope.
At its first hearing on House Bill 52, the Senate Health Committee heard sponsor testimony from a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) who described the legislation as a modernization and clarification of CRNA practice in Ohio.
The testifier, introduced to the committee as a board-certified nurse practitioner and nurse anesthetist with a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree and 18 years of clinical anesthesia experience, told the committee that House Bill 52 "modernizes the language in the Ohio Revised Code for certified registered nurse anesthetist or CRNAs." The testifier said the bill consolidates…
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