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
PA Licensure Compact Update: Minnesota and Tennessee Become the 11th and 12th States to Pass PA Licensure Compact
Minnesota and Tennessee became the 11th and 12th states to adopt the PA Licensure Compact model legislation following signatures from both states’ governors.
May 28, 2024
PA Licensure Compact Update: Colorado Becomes Tenth State to Enter PA Compact, Tennessee and Minnesota Aren’t Far Behind
Colorado has officially adopted the PA Licensure Compact model legislation, S.B. 24-018, bringing the total of states in the PA Licensure Compact to 10.
May 20, 2024
Maryland Governor Signs PA Practice Modernization Bill Into Law
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed the PA Modernization Act (HB0806/SB0167) into law, marking the first major change to physician assistant (PA) practice law in Maryland in 25 years.
May 16, 2024
PA Licensure Compact Update: Maine Becomes Ninth State to Enter PA Compact
Maine has officially adopted the PA Licensure Compact model legislation, L.D. 2043, bringing the total of states in the PA Licensure Compact to nine.
April 23, 2024
PA Licensure Compact Update: Oklahoma Becomes First State to Enact Compact Following Activation
With the recent signing of H.B. 3781/S.B. 1654, Oklahoma is officially the eighth state to enact the PA Licensure Compact model legislation and the first since the compact was activated following the seventh state’s passage.
April 19, 2024