Alabama patients now have increased access to safe, affordable care with the signing today of HB 268 by Governor Kay Ivey. 

After 42 failed attempts to pass anesthesiologist assistant legislation for the past 10 years, theh Utah legislature passes a bill creating anesthesiologist assistant licensure. 

 “The court’s disagreement on this issue evidences the degree of uncertainty regarding the extent of the BOM’s regulatory authority under the current statutory scheme. Clarification as to the scope of the regulatory authority of the BOM in this arena implicates public policy determinations that are better left to the legislature.” At this point the court has concluded that this subject needs to be fixed by the legislature and not this court.

Physician Anaesthetists Versus Non-Physician Providers of Anesthesia for Surgical Patients, Lewis SR, Nicholson A, Smith AF, Alderson P. (2014). 

Developed by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, this a great website that contains a plethora of useful information and documents.