They are fighting against regulations requiring a certain amount of physician supervision:
The osteopathic group maintained at the hearing that patients do not get quality health care from a PA if the supervising physician does not initially see the patient and have on-site supervision.
The opposition groups say the two-year PA training, master’s level degrees and prior medical work does not qualify them to see patients alone, without the doctor being in the building.
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