Oklahoma § 59-519.3 - Physician Assistant Committee - Powers and duties

§ 59-519.3. Physician Assistant Committee - Powers and duties

A. There is hereby created the Physician Assistant Committee,

which shall be composed of nine (9) members. Five members of the

Committee shall be physician assistants appointed by the State Board

of Medical Licensure and Supervision from a list of qualified

individuals submitted by the Oklahoma Academy of Physician

Assistants. One member shall be a physician appointed by the Board

from its membership. One member shall be a physician appointed by

the Board from a list of qualified individuals submitted by the

Oklahoma State Medical Association and who is not a member of the

Board. One member shall be a physician appointed by the State Board

of Osteopathic Examiners from its membership. One member shall be a

physician appointed by the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners from

a list of qualified individuals submitted by the Oklahoma

Osteopathic Association and who is not a member of said board.

B. The term of office for each member of the Committee shall be

five (5) years.

C. The Committee shall meet at least quarterly. At the initial

meeting of each calendar year, the Committee members shall elect a

chair from the physician assistant members. The chair or his or her

designee shall represent the Committee at all meetings of the Board.

Five members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting

official business of the Committee.

D. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is

hereby granted the power and authority to promulgate rules, which

are in accordance with the provisions of Section 519.1 et seq. of

this title, governing the requirements for licensure as a physician

assistant, as well as to establish standards for training, approve

institutions for training, and regulate the standards of practice of

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a physician assistant after licensure, including the power of

revocation of a license.

E. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision is

hereby granted the power and authority to investigate all

complaints, hold hearings, subpoena witnesses and initiate

prosecution concerning violations of Section 519.1 et seq. of this

title. When such complaints involve physicians licensed by the

State Board of Osteopathic Examiners, the State Board of Osteopathic

Examiners shall be officially notified of such complaints.

F. 1. The Committee shall advise the Board on all matters

pertaining to the practice of physician assistants.

2. The Committee shall review and make recommendations to the

Board on all applications for licensure as a physician assistant and

all applications to practice which shall be approved by the Board.

When considering applicants for licensure, to establish standards of

training or approve institutions for training, the Committee shall

include the Director, or designee, of all Physician Assistant

educational programs conducted by institutions of higher education

in the state as members.

3. The Committee shall assist and advise the Board in all

hearings involving physician assistants who are deemed to be in

violation of Section 519.1 et seq. of this title or the rules of the

Board.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 289, § 3, emerg. eff. June 3, 1993. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 47, § 2, emerg. eff. April 7, 1997; Laws 1998, c.

128, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2015, c. 163, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

2015; Laws 2025, c. 343, § 4.