S704 - COVID-19 Recovery Act. (SL 2020-3)

Overview: Section 3D.5 of S.L. 2020-3 prohibits the Medical Board and the Board of Nursing from enforcing any administrative rule that requires any of the following:

• Quality improvement meetings between a physician and a physician assistant or nurse practitioner who had been practicing prior to February 1, 2020, and was continuing to practice when the section is enacted.
• Monthly quality improvement meetings between a physician and a physician assistant or nurse practitioner during the first six months of the practice arrangement.
• Any quality improvement meetings or payment of a license fee by a physician assistant or nurse practitioner who is providing volunteer services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The annual renewal or review of any practice arrangement between a physician and a physician assistant or nurse practitioner.

This section became effective May 4, 2020, and expires December 31, 2021.