We’ve noted elsewhere the heightening tension between primary care physicians and convenient care clinics and their clinicians, most of whom are Nurse Practitioners.
Now comes a story about the manifestation of that tension in the state of Kentucky:
Battle Brewing Over Nurse Practitioners
[The Kentucky Medical Association is] fighting proposed legislation that would lift some limits on the ability of nurse practitioners to prescribe medication and perform other, mostly routine tasks such as signing a child’s immunization certificate or certifying the need for employee sick leave.
The proposed changes are included in Senate Bill 75, which is pending in committee. A similar measure, House Bill 556, is scheduled for a hearing Thursday before the House Health and Welfare Committee.
A quick check of the Kentucky Legislature’s web page for the bill shows no sign of action last Thursday.