Staff ReportsJanuary 13, 2023
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The FSU College of Medicine is expanding its footprint in the Panhandle.
Tag: physician assistants
Staff ReportsJanuary 13, 2023
Haley BrownApril 30, 2021
3min1792
The bill would allow 10 physicians assistants to work under a doctor, up from 4.
Renzo DowneyApril 27, 2021
3min1009
Lawmakers originally wanted to remove physician oversight limits. Now, they look set to merely raise the limit.
Renzo DowneyApril 13, 20214min1058
Lawmakers are watering down the bill's language from what they initially envisioned.
Drew WilsonFebruary 6, 2020
4min564
The coalition is made up of 50 state medical professional societies.
Renzo DowneyJanuary 22, 2020
11min1548
Top leadership supports a measure to let some nurses practice without a doctor's supervision.
Christine Jordan SextonApril 23, 2019
5min1490
"[I]f you go to medical school and you go through all that training to become a doctor, be a doctor.”
Jim RosicaSeptember 24, 2018
4min795
Doctors and physician assistants could start facing fines and license revocations for not checking a state prescription drug database before they write a script. The state’s Board of Medicine last week also announced a related rule “to change penalties for prescribing medicinal drugs or controlled substances (that) demonstrates a lack of reasonable skill or safety to […]
Dominic CalabroMarch 15, 20165min221
In the $82.349 billion state budget approved last week, the Legislature enacted various TaxWatch recommended bills that will improve the future for the state and its residents, including: Permanently extending the sales tax exemption on manufacturing equipment, which will boost Florida’s manufacturing industry, provide high-wage jobs for Floridians and diversify the state economy. Creating a […]
Drew WilsonMarch 11, 2016
2min639
The Florida Nurses Association applauded lawmakers Friday for passing a bill allowing advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe controlled substances, a measure the group had put before the legislature for 22 years. “It’s been a long battle, and well worth the fight,’’ said FNA Executive Director Willa Fuller in a news release. […]