SF0112

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Anesthesiologist assistants licensing.

Establish licensing requirements and scope of practice for anesthesiologist assistants in Wyoming.

Full legal title

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; providing for the licensing of anesthesiologist assistants and specifying scope of practice; creating and amending definitions; providing for temporary licenses as specified; providing for the imposition of fees; providing for the suspension, restriction, revocation or nonrenewal of licenses as specified; providing for license reinstatement and reactivation; creating a criminal penalty; providing for a hearing; amending the composition of the board of medicine; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

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Co-sponsors: Representative(s) Storer, Wylie, Senator(s) Pappas

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What does this bill do?

Establishes a licensing framework for anesthesiologist assistants in Wyoming and modifies the composition of the state board of medicine to include an anesthesiologist and an anesthesiologist assistant.

Creates Article 8 establishing definitions for anesthesiologist assistants, supervising anesthesiologists, alternate anesthesiologists, and related terms, defining qualifications and requiring graduation from CAAHEP-accredited programs and passage of NCCAA or approved certification examination. (W.S. 33-26-801)
Defines the scope of practice for licensed anesthesiologist assistants, detailing 28 categories of duties they may perform under the supervision of an anesthesiologist, including preoperative evaluations, airway management, anesthesia administration, and postoperative care. (W.S. 33-26-802)
Grants the Wyoming board of medicine authority to review qualifications, grant and renew licenses, investigate conduct violations, conduct hearings, promulgate rules, and review supervising anesthesiologists' qualifications. (W.S. 33-26-803)
Establishes licensing requirements for anesthesiologist assistants, requiring graduation from accredited programs, current certification, and completion of board-approved applications and fees; requires supervising anesthesiologists to be licensed physicians. (W.S. 33-26-804)
Authorizes the board to grant temporary licenses to anesthesiologist assistant program graduates who have not yet passed certification exams, valid until the next board meeting and extendable for up to one year. (W.S. 33-26-805)
Establishes license terms expiring annually on December 31, renewal procedures, reinstatement of lapsed licenses, and duplicate license issuance. (W.S. 33-26-806)
Authorizes the board to set appropriate fees for license applications, renewals, reinstatement, examinations, and other services, deposited according to W.S. 33-26-307(b). (W.S. 33-26-807)
Allows the board to refuse, revoke, suspend, restrict, or decline to renew licenses based on grounds enumerated in W.S. 33-26-402 adapted to anesthesiologist assistant practice; permits emergency suspension without hearing if public health requires it.