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Position Papers

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1. A Challenge for the PA Profession--Report of the AAPA Task Force on Unlicensed Medical Graduates (Adopted 1992 and reaffirmed 2004)
2. Comprehensive Health Care Reform (Adopted 2005)
3. Maintaining Professional Flexibility: The Case Against Accreditation of Postgraduate Physician Assistant Programs (Adopted 2005)
4. Entitlement Funding for Physician Assistant Education (Adopted 1994 and reaffirmed 2007)
5. Guidelines for Amending Medical Staff Bylaws (Adopted 1987, amended 1993, 2003, and 2007)
6. Guidelines for State Regulation of Physician Assistants (Adopted 1988, amended 1993, 1998, 2005, and 2006)
7. Guidelines for the Physician Assistant Serving as an Expert Witness (Adopted 1977, amended 1987, 1991, and 2001, reaffirmed 2004)
8. HIV Prevention (Adopted 2003 and amended 2008)
9. HIV-Positive Health Care Workers (Adopted 2003 and reaffirmed 2008)
10. Immunizations in Children and Adults (Adopted 1994 and amended 2006) 
11. Physician Assistants as Medical Review Officers (Adopted 1991 and amended 2004) 
12. Physician Assistant Impairment (Adopted 1990, amended 1992, reaffirmed 2004) 
13. Physician Assistants--Roles in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (Adopted 1994 and amended 2004) 
14. Physician Assistants as Medicaid Managed Care Providers (Adopted 1996, amended 1997, reaffirmed 2004) 
15. Professional Competence (Adopted 1996 and amended 2005) 
16. Physician Assistants and Clinical Practice Guidelines (Adopted 1997 and reaffirmed 2004) 
17. The Physician Assistant in Disaster Response: Core Guidelines (Adopted 2006)
18. End-of-Life Decision Making (Adopted 1997 and reaffirmed 2004)
19. Rural Health Clinics (Adopted 1997 and amended 2004) 
20. Managed Health Care and Rural America (Adopted 1997 and amended 2004)
21. Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2000 (Adopted 1999 and amended 2005) 
22. Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession (Adopted 2000, amended 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008)
23. Flexibility as a Hallmark of the PA Profession: The Case Against Specialty Certification (Adopted 2002 and reaffirmed 2007)
24. Needle/Syringe Access for the Prevention of HIV Transmission (Adopted 2003 and reaffirmed 2008) 
25. Use of Medical Interpreters for Patients with Limited English Proficiency (Adopted 2003 and reaffirmed 2008)
26. Antimicrobial Resistance (Adopted 1999 and reaffirmed 2004) 
27. Genetic Testing in Clinical Practice (Adopted 2001 and amended 2006)
28. Federal Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Adopted 2002 and reaffirmed 2007) 
29. Developing a Culture of Leadership Excellence in the AAPA (Adopted 2003 and reaffirmed 2008) 
30. Medical Liability Reform and U.S. Health Care (Adopted 2004)
31. Second And Co-Parent Adoption: Improving Children's Access To Health Care (Adopted 2004)
32. Licensure Eligibility for Foreign Trained Physician Assistants (Adopted 2004)
33. Direct to Consumer Advertising (Adopted 2004)
34. Affirmative Action in Physician Assistant Education (Adopted 2004)
35. Guidelines for Privileging Physician Assistants (Adopted 2005) 
36. Global Epidemic HIV/AIDS (Adopted 2005) 
37. Scientific Integrity and Public Policy (Adopted 2005)
38. Quality Incentive Programs (Adopted 2005)
39. Competencies for the Physician Assistant Profession (Adopted 2005)
40. Health Literacy (Adopted 2006)
41. The Role of In-Store or Retail Health Clinics (Adopted 2007)
42. False or Deceptive Health Care Advertising (Adopted 2007)
43. Acknowledging and Apologizing for Adverse Outcomes (Adopted 2007)
44. Routine Vaccination for Human Papilloma Virus (Adopted 2008)
    
    

 

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