SB 6445-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Revises certain statutes in Title 71 RCW (mental illness) to clarify the role of physician assistants in the delivery of mental health services. |
Allows physician assistants and osteopathic physician assistants to: (1) Provide services that they are competent to perform based on their education, training, and experience and that are consistent with their commission-approved or board-approved delegation agreement; and |
(2) Practice in any area of medicine or surgery as long as the practice is not beyond the supervising physician's own scope of expertise and practice. |