Update: March 2025

PA Day at the Capital was a great success!

Thank you to all who attended and supported the event. We hope to make this an annual event, so we hope you can join us next year!

We are also excited to share that MOAPA won its lawsuit against the Board of Healing Arts in regards to direct supervision onboarding requirements. Now, per statute, direct supervision timelines can be determined at the practice level for new collaborative arrangements. 

Our 2025 legislative efforts include the following: 

SB 107 - allow PAs to sit in on peer review committees regarding PAs

HB 1567 - allow collaborative practice agreements to be made at the practice/group level instead of singular MD collaborations

HB 1388 - approve PA Compact licensure, which will include all states neighboring MO.

We also hope to add oxycodone to the approved Schedule II medications that BNDD-licensed PAs can write for (5-day supply limit remains) and allow PAs to complete do not resuscitate (DNR) orders  in the  outpatient setting  (currently restricted to inpatient setting)

Please see the Legislative Page for links to message your representatives in support of these goals.

Prior wins with MOAPA: 

• Clarify that primary and alternate collaborating physicians can fulfill chart review requirements
• Remove the requirement for 4 hrs per 14 working days of direct supervision
• Grant PAs the authority to pronounce death and certify a death ( sign a death certificate) from natural cause.
  
• Allow PAs the authority to prescribe hydrocodone
• Recognize PAs as MO Medicaid providers