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Substitute HB52 would clarify CRNA practice, preserve physician-led care and tie ordering authority to collaboration
Summary
Substitute House Bill 52 would consolidate and modernize Ohio's CRNA statute: define collaboration, require facility privileging, move ordering of anesthesia-related drugs into scope tied to a physician's request, and explicitly preserve physician-led oversight; witnesses cited workforce pressures and high CRNA involvement in anesthesia care.
Supporters told the House Health Committee that substitute House Bill 52 updates a century-old statute to better reflect how anesthesia care is delivered and regulated. Sponsors said the bill does not expand CRNA scope of practice but clarifies authority, defines "health care facility," and ties ordering authority for anesthesia-related drugs and procedures to a collaborating physician's verbal or written request.
"Substitute House Bill 52 does not expand the CRNA scope of practice, but rather it explicitly recognizes and clarifies it," the sponsor said. The bill replaces ambiguous terms such as…
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