April 19, 2012, Introduced by Senators HOPGOOD, SCHUITMAKER and NOFS and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled
"Public health code,"
by amending sections 17062 and 17064 (MCL 333.17062 and 333.17064),
as amended by 1986 PA 174.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 17062. An applicant for licensure as a physician's
assistant
shall meet the requirements of section 16174(a),
16174(1)(a),
(b), and (d) and be meet any of the following:
(a) Is a graduate of a program for the training of physician's
assistants
approved by the task force. or be
(b) Is a licensed, certified, registered, approved, or other
legally recognized physician's assistant in another state with
qualifications substantially equivalent to those established by the
task force.
(c) Is a graduate of a medical school approved by the board.
Sec. 17064. (1) To determine whether an applicant for initial
licensure has the appropriate level of skill and knowledge as
required
by under this part, the task force shall require the
applicant
to submit to an examination. which The examination shall
include those subjects the general knowledge of which is commonly
and generally required of a graduate of an accredited physician's
assistants' program in the United States.
(2) All of the following apply to the examination requirement
described in subsection (1):
(a) The task force may waive the examination requirement for a
graduate of an approved program if the applicant has taken a
national examination and achieved a score acceptable to the task
force
as demonstrating the level of skill and knowledge required by
under this part.
(b) The task force may waive the examination for an applicant
who is licensed, certified, registered, approved, or otherwise
legally recognized as a physician's assistant in another state,
when
if the task force determines that the other state has
qualifications, including completion of a national or state
approved examination for physician's assistants, that are
substantially
equivalent to those established by under this part.
(3) (2)
All of the following apply to
the development or
selection of the examination described in subsection (1):
(a)
The task force shall determine the nature
of an the
examination. shall
be determined by the task force and may include
the
use and acceptance of national examinations where appropriate.
The use of examinations or the requirements for successful
completion shall not permit discriminatory treatment of applicants.
(b) The task force may adopt a national examination for
purposes of subsection (1) if it considers the use of that
examination and acceptance of the examination's results
appropriate.
(c) The task force shall not use or adopt an examination for
purposes of subsection (1) if an applicant described in section
17062(c) is ineligible to take that examination because he or she
did not complete a training program for physician's assistant.
(4) (3)
The task force shall provide for
the recognition of
the certification or experience consistent with this part acquired
by physician's assistants in other states who wish to practice in
this state.
(5) (4)
The task force may cause conduct or require an
investigation
to be conducted when if necessary to determine the
qualifications
of an applicant for licensure. An The task force may
require
an applicant may be required to
furnish additional
documentation
and information, upon a determination by if the
task
force
determines that the additional documentation or
information
is necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications.