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Committee adopts amendment to include APRNs and physician assistants in hospital patient bill of rights
Summary
The committee adopted S.163 version 1.2, revising definitions and hospital licensure language to include advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) as licensed providers responsible for patient care and medical case records; item was placed on notice for action Thursday and Leslie was assigned reporter.
The Vermont House Healthcare Committee voted to adopt S.163 version 1.2, which updates hospital licensure and patient bill-of-rights language to include advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs) alongside physicians.
Legislative counsel explained that the clean markup inserts APRN and PA throughout the bill of rights and in…
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