MedCity News January 23, 2023
A contentious debate regarding whether or not nurse practitioners should have more freedom and be less tethered to doctors continues as lawmakers in Pennsylvania spark discussion.
A contentious debate regarding whether or not nurse practitioners should have more freedom and be less tethered to doctors continues. Earlier this month, Pennsylvania lawmakers announced they will once again file a bill to loosen the legal ties between them.
According to the Morning Call, two Pennsylvania state senators, Camera Bartolotta, a Republican, and Lisa Boscola, a Democrat, will refile a bill – the first iteration of which was introduced nearly 10 years ago – that will call for nurse practitioners to fulfill a three-year, 3,600-hour physician collaboration period. After that, nurse practitioners...
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