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House panel weighs licensure changes in HB 59, including physician‑PA title update and radiation‑expert rules
Summary
The House General Government Committee resumed its third hearing on House Bill 59, hearing requests to rename ‘physician assistant’ to ‘physician associate’ and objections from medical physicists to a proposed redefinition of 'Certified Radiation Expert' that could disqualify about one‑third of current practitioners.
The House General Government Committee resumed its third hearing on House Bill 59 and heard competing views on several occupational licensure proposals. Supporters of a title change for physician assistants said the update would improve clarity for patients, while medical physicists warned a separate redefinition of "Certified Radiation Expert" (CRE) could remove a substantive portion of the current workforce.
Proponents argued the PA title change is a narrow, non‑substantive modernization. Matthew Fredo, Government Affairs Chair of the Ohio Association of Physician Assistants, told the committee the proposed amendment "does not change our scope of practice" and "simply modernizes an outdated title…
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