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Advocacy News
PA Licensure Compact Update: Ohio Becomes Thirteenth State to Enter PA Compact
Ohio has officially adopted the PA Licensure Compact model legislation, S.B. 28, bringing the total of states in the PA Licensure Compact to thirteen.
July 24, 2024
New Hampshire PAs Achieve Optimal Team Practice (OTP)
Today, Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire signed HB 1222 into law. The legislation eliminates the requirement that PAs have collaboration agreements with physicians, except for PAs who have completed fewer than 8,000 hours of clinical practice and work in a healthcare setting that does not employ a physician.
July 24, 2024
Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act Passes House E&W Committee
The Improving Access to Workers’ Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act (H.R. 618) has cleared the House Committee on Education & the Workforce, with language authorizing PAs to provide treatment and oversee care for federal workers injured on the job.
June 14, 2024
Inspired by the Outdoors? Check Out Wilderness Medicine
David Braun, PA-C, and Angela Widler, PA-C, share a lifelong enjoyment of the outdoors. They co-founded the PAs in Wilderness Medicine special interest group to raise awareness of the specialty and the many wilderness medicine opportunities available to PAs and PA students.
June 5, 2024