Oregon PA’s Must Have A Collaboration Agreement in Place No Later Than 12/31/2023

The Oregon Legislature passed HB 2584 (2023) to fully implement physician assistant (PA) collaborative practice created in HB 3036 (2021). The bill clarifies that PAs practice medicine; outlines a PA’s duty of care; defines a PA’s scope of practice is based on their education, training, and experience; updates the employer definition for collaboration agreements; and removes the requirement that a PA’s collaboration agreement include the PA’s performance assessment. The proposed rule amendments align with these updates. Additionally, all PAs are required to enter into a collaboration agreement by December 31, 2023. Practice agreements and practice descriptions will no longer be valid on January 1, 2024. The proposed rules amendments and repeals remove aspects of the PA supervision practice model. An OMB -approved model form can be found here: Sample Collaboration Agreement Template