CHAPTER 162

H.P. 301 - L.D. 398

An Act To Make Technical Changes to the Medical Licensure

Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §3270-C, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 601, §3, is further amended to read:

1. Grounds. The sanctions of section 3282-A apply to a physician assistant who has:.

A-1. Claimed to be legally licensed or allowed another to represent that physician assistant as holding a valid license;

B. Performed otherwise than at the direction and under the supervision of a physician licensed by this board;

C. Been delegated and performed a task or tasks beyond the physician assistant's competence; and

D. Administered, dispensed or prescribed a controlled substance otherwise than as authorized by law.

Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §3271, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 601, §4, is further amended to read:

2. Postgraduate training. Each applicant who has graduated from an accredited medical school on or after January 1, 1970 but before July 1, 2004 must have satisfactorily completed at least