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The AMA is meeting right now in San Diego.

Panama City, FL
The Florida Panhandle Nurse Practitioner Coalition

This is what that group is up too read for yourselves.

H-160.949 Practicing Medicine by Non-Physicians Our AMA: (1) urges all people, including physicians and patients, to consider the consequences of any health care plan that places any patient care at risk by substitution of a non-physician in the diagnosis, treatment, education, direction and medical procedures where clear-cut documentation of assured quality has not been carried out, and where such alters the traditional pattern of practice in which the physician directs and supervises the care given; (2) continues to work with constituent societies to educate the public regarding the differences in the scopes of practice and education of physicians and non-physician health care workers; (3) continues to actively oppose legislation allowing non-physician groups to engage in the practice of medicine without physician (MD, DO) training or appropriate physician (MD, DO) supervision; (4) continues to encourage state medical societies to oppose state legislation allowing non-physician groups to engage in the practice of medicine without physician (MD, DO) training or appropriate physician (MD, DO) supervision; and (5) through legislative and regulatory efforts, vigorously support and advocate for the requirement of appropriate physician supervision of non-physician clinical staff in all areas of medicine.

http://www.ama-assn.org/assets/meeting/2010i/ref-comm-b.pdf

 

H-160.947 Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners - Our AMA will develop a plan to assist the state and local medical societies in identifying and lobbying against laws that allow advanced practice nurses to provide medical care without the supervision of a physician.

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/2010i/handbook-complete.pdf