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House Engrossed medical assistants; training requirements |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session 2021
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HOUSE BILL 2266 |
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AN ACT
Amending section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona medical board.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-1456, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-1456. Medical assistants; allowable tasks; training; use of title; violation; classification
A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner:
1. Take body fluid specimens.
2. Administer injections.
B. The board by rule may prescribe other medical procedures which that a medical assistant may perform under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner on a determination by the board that the procedures may be competently performed by a medical assistant.
C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may perform do the following tasks:
1. perform billing and coding.
2. Verifying verify insurance.
3. Making make patient appointments.
4. perform scheduling.
5. Recording Record a doctor's findings in patient charts and transcribing transcribe materials in patient charts and records.
6. Performing Perform visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical.
7. Taking take and recording record patient vital signs and medical history on medical records.
D. The board by rule shall prescribe medical assistant training requirements. The training requirements for a medical assistant may be satisfied through a training program that meets all of the following:
1. Is designed and offered by a physician.
2. Meets or exceeds any of the approved training program requirements specified in rule.
3. Verifies the entry-level competencies of a medical assistant as prescribed by rule.
E. A person who uses the title medical assistant or a related abbreviation is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless that person is working as a medical assistant under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.