Nebraska Statutes 38-2056. Physician Assistant Committee; created; membership; powers and duties; per diem; expenses
(1) 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, (a) applications for licensure, (b) physician assistant education, (c) scope of practice, (d) proceedings arising pursuant to sections 38-178 and 38-179, (e) physician assistant licensure requirements, and (f) continuing competency. The committee shall be directly responsible to the board.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-2056
- Board: means the Board of Medicine and Surgery. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2010
- Committee: means the Physician Assistant Committee created in section 38-2056. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2011
- Physician assistant: means any person who graduates from an approved program, who has passed a proficiency examination, and who the department, with the recommendation of the board, approves to perform medical services under a collaborative agreement with the supervision of a physician or under a collaborative agreement with the supervision of a podiatrist as provided by section 38-3013. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2014
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Supervising physician: means a licensed physician who supervises a physician assistant under a collaborative agreement. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2017
(2) The committee shall be appointed by the State Board of Health. The committee shall be composed of two physician assistants, one supervising physician, one member of the Board of Medicine and Surgery who shall be a nonvoting member of the committee, and one public member. The chairperson of the committee shall be elected by a majority vote of the committee members.
(3) At the expiration of the four-year terms of the members serving on December 1, 2008, appointments shall be for five-year terms. Members shall serve no more than two consecutive full five-year terms. Reappointments shall be made by the State Board of Health.
(4) The committee shall meet on a regular basis and committee members shall, in addition to necessary traveling and lodging expenses, receive a per diem for each day actually engaged in the discharge of his or her duties, including compensation for the time spent in traveling to and from the place of conducting business. Traveling and lodging expenses shall be reimbursed on the same basis as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. The compensation shall not exceed fifty dollars per day and shall be determined by the committee with the approval of the department.
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;
- R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,107.25;
- Laws 2007, LB463, § 714;
- Laws 2020, LB755, § 17.