1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to health occupations; permitting physician 
  1.3             assistants to render care in disasters without 
  1.4             physician and physician assistant agreements; 
  1.5             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.6             chapter 147A. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [147A.23] [RESPONDING TO DISASTER SITUATIONS.] 
  1.9      (a) A registered physician assistant or a physician 
  1.10  assistant duly licensed or credentialed in a United States 
  1.11  jurisdiction who is responding to a need for medical care 
  1.12  created by a state or local disaster may render such care as the 
  1.13  physician assistant is able to provide, under the physician 
  1.14  assistant's license, registration, or credential, without the 
  1.15  need of a physician and physician assistant agreement as 
  1.16  required under section 147A.20.  Physician supervision, as 
  1.17  required under section 147A.09, must be provided under the 
  1.18  direction of an emergency medical director in accordance with 
  1.19  rules adopted by the emergency medical services regulatory board 
  1.20  under section 144E.16.  The physician assistant must establish a 
  1.21  temporary supervisory agreement with an emergency medical 
  1.22  director before rendering care. 
  1.23     (b) The physician who provides supervision to a physician 
  1.24  assistant while the physician assistant is rendering care in a 
  1.25  disaster in accordance with this section may do so without 
  1.26  meeting the requirements of section 147A.20. 
  2.1      (c) The supervising physician who otherwise provides 
  2.2   supervision to a physician assistant under a physician and 
  2.3   physician assistant agreement described in section 147A.20 shall 
  2.4   not be held medically responsible for the care rendered by a 
  2.5   physician assistant pursuant to paragraph (a).  Services 
  2.6   provided by a physician assistant under paragraph (a) shall be 
  2.7   considered outside the scope of the relationship between the 
  2.8   supervising physician and the physician assistant.