H67 - Healthcare Workforce Reforms. (SL 2025-37)
Session Year 2025
Overview: Part VI of S.L. 2025-37 (House Bill 67) allows certain physician assistants in team-based settings to practice without supervision by a physician. It also allows them to prescribe drugs, initiate non-pharmacological therapies, certify medical documents, be qualified technicians under the Women's Right to Know Act, be attending providers for purposes of postpartum insurance coverage, and perform health assessments for childcare facilities. The North Carolina Medical Board will have the power to adopt the rules necessary to implement the provisions of this part.
The provision giving the Medical Board the power to adopt rules became effective July 1, 2025. The remaining provisions become effective when the permanent rules implementing those provisions are adopted by the Medical Board or June 30, 2026, whichever occurs first.