Maine LD1166 changes the professional title of physician assistants to physician associates.
Maine LD1166 amends the Maine Revised Statutes to change the professional title of physician assistants to physician associates. The bill updates the licensure requirements, ensuring that physician associates must obtain a license from either the Board of Osteopathic Licensure or the Board of Licensure in Medicine. The scope of practice remains unchanged, and the bill also updates relevant terminology throughout the statutes.
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