Bill Jeopardizing Patient Safety Barely Passes Assembly Committee After an initial vote held SB 491 (Hernandez) in the Assembly Business, Professions & Consumer Protection Committee last week, a reconsideration vote was granted and today the bill moved out of committee. SB 492 (Hernandez) a related bill dealing with expanded scope of practice for optometrists, was held in committee. August 13, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, News Nurse practitioner, scope of practice, SB 491 0 0 Comment Read More »
Significant Progress Made on Scope of Practice Bills SFMS/CMA have made some success neutralizing the three "scope-of-practice" bills that were introduced in the 2013 legislative session. August 12, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, News SB 492, SB 493, Scope of practice, SB 491 0 0 Comment Read More »
SB 491—Bill Allowing Allied Health Professionals to Practice Outside of Their Training—Defeated in Committee SB491, a bill allowing nurse practitioners to practice outside of their training, was defeated in Assembly Business & Professions Committee by CMA and the Coalition for Patient Access. August 6, 2013 Advocacy, CMA Paul Phinney, Scope of practice, SB 491 0 0 Comment Read More »
California Senate Passes Two Bills That Would Expand Scope of Practice; Bills May Potentially Endanger Patient Safety The California Senate passed SB491 and SB492 that aim to expand certain health care providers' scope of practice as a means to address California's primary care physician shortage. SFMS and CMA strongly oppose these bills because they set a dangerous precedent of allowing non-physicians to practice medicine without being subject to the Medical Practice Act (MPA), which regulates the practice of medicine and in which violations may result in the loss of a medical license and possibly criminal prosecution. May 29, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Health Care Reform, Politics and Medicine, Primary Care SB 492, SB 493, Scope of practice, SB 491, SFMS Advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
Update on Scope of Practice Legislation A package of bills (SB 491, SB 492, SB 493) aiming to expand or alter the scope of practice for a collection of allied health professionals successfully cleared the Senate Committee on Business, Profession and Economic Development yesterday. April 30, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, News, Politics and Medicine SB 491, SB 492, SB 493, scope of practice, State Legislative Advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
