Doctors & Nurses
Legislation (AB 3) by Assembly member Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) would allow physician assistants who have completed specific educational requirements to administer and prescribe certain controlled substances without the approval of a supervising physician or surgeon (Bill Text, 7/17). The bill is before Schwarzenegger (Bill Status, 9/12).
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