2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-1,107.25 — Physician Assistant Committee; created; membership; powers and duties.

Section 71-1,107.25
Physician Assistant Committee; created; membership; powers and duties.

There is hereby created the Physician Assistant Committee which shall review and make recommendations to the board regarding all matters relating to physician assistants that come before the board. Such matters shall include, but not be limited to, (1) applications for licensure, (2) physician assistant education, (3) scope of practice, (4) proceedings arising pursuant to section 71-1,107.23, (5) physician assistant licensure and supervising physician requirements, and (6) continuing competency. The committee shall be directly responsible to the board. The committee shall be appointed by the State Board of Health and shall be composed of two physician assistants, one supervising physician, one member of the Board of Medicine and Surgery, and one public member. The chairperson of the committee shall be elected by a majority vote of the committee members. All appointments shall be for four-year terms, at staggered intervals. Members shall serve no more than two consecutive terms. Reappointments shall be made by the State Board of Health. The committee shall meet on a regular basis and committee members shall receive reimbursement for time and travel expenditures on the same basis as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.

Source:

Laws 1973, LB 101, § 11

R.S.Supp.,1973, § 85-179.14

Laws 1985, LB 132, § 10

Laws 1996, LB 1108, § 11

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 93

Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 18

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska