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REFERENCE TITLE: medical assistants; training requirements |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session 2020
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HB 2774 |
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Introduced by Representative Grantham
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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 the following tasks:
1. Billing and coding.
2. Verifying insurance.
3. Making patient appointments.
4. Scheduling.
5. Recording a doctor's findings in patient charts and transcribing materials in patient charts and records.
6. Performing visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical.
7. Taking and recording 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 includes 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.