Calif. Senate ‘Corrected its Error’ by Passing Bill To Expand Nurse Practitioners’ Scope of Practice, Op-Ed Argues

The California Senate last year "caved" to opposition over a bill that aimed to expand the scope of practice of nurse practitioners, but it has "corrected its error" by passing a similar bill (SB 323)  this year "despite renewed opposition" from the California Medical Association, according to a Los Angeles Times opinion piece by Christopher Glazek, executive editor of Genius.com. While concerns that the bill could create a two-tiered are "legitimate," Glazek argues that "disparities in care are already rampant in California."

• "Why Doctors' Group Is Wrong About Empowering Nurse Practitioners" (Glazek, Los Angeles Times, 5/11).