Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes bill that would have eliminated an extra hoop for health-care professions seeking to expand their scope of practice.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs is siding with doctors and against other medical providers in the latest round of an ongoing dispute.
In rejecting the change, Hobbs acknowledged there is an"imbalance of power'' between what she called the"high level'' providers, like doctors, and everyone else. And she agreed there are problems with the sunrise process and that additional regulatory burdens can be a barrier to expanding care in underserved communities.
Setback for nurse practitioners, othersThe veto is a setback for groups such as optometrists, pharmacists and nurse practitioners. Over the years, they have come to the Legislature with arguments that they have the training to do more than they are allowed to do under the law — and that they can do it cheaper than medical doctors and provide needed services in areas with few, if any, doctors.
She said lawmakers get to decide and change laws on complex issues, ranging from tax policy to water law, all without the need for a pre-session review. It is only when it comes to medical issues, Armendt said, there is this extra step. 'The stakes are high'But Amanda Rusing, who lobbies for the Arizona Medical Association — the group that represents MDs and medical students — said the extra step is appropriate.
"Some expansions provide authority to prescribe dangerous and/or addictive substances, to perform medical procedures, or to practice medicine with less supervision,'' she wrote."Some are much more mundane, but that does not mean that they should not be held to some level of scientific and public health scrutiny.''
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