ATLANTA (July 18, 2019) | Sen. Gloria Butler (D – Stone Mountain) has recently been appointed by Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan to serve as a member of the Senate Study Committee on Evaluating and Simplifying Physician Oversight of Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.
“I am honored to be chosen to sit on this study committee and hear from all interested parties on the current regulations surrounding physician assistants and APRNs,” said Sen. Butler. “I’ve been a member on the Senate Health and Human Services Committee for a number of legislative sessions and this is a topic that continually is brought up by advocates. I look forward to the opportunity to thoroughly review the regulatory oversight and consider legislation related to access to care.”
The Senate Study Committee on Evaluating and Simplifying Physician Oversight of Physician Assistants and Advanced Practice Registered Nurses was created by the passage of Senate Resolution 202 during the 2019 Legislative Session. As stated in the resolution, the committee shall be comprised of five members of the Senate. Members of the study committee will review the current regulations surrounding physician oversight, the various state licensing boards that govern the parties and the realities of implementing the regulations in practice. The committee must report its findings on or before December 1, 2019.
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For Immediate Release:
July 18, 2019
Elisabeth Fletcher, Communications Specialist
elisabeth.fletcher@senate.ga.gov
404.656.0028