Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1481: Anesthesiologist assistants; allow licensure under physicians assistant licensure law.
Status: Failed, February 3, 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-26-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON LICENSING ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS UNDER THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 73-26-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT WHO HAVE PASSED THE CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS (NCCAA) AND MET OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSURE AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; TO AMEND SECTION 73-26-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE FROM AUTHORIZING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO ADMINISTER OR MONITOR GENERAL INHALED ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA, SPINAL ANESTHESIA OR MONITORED ANESTHESIA AS UTILIZED IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 73-26-1, mississippi code of 1972, to delete the prohibition on licensing anesthesiologist assistants under the physician assistant licensure law; to amend section 73-26-3, mississippi code of 1972, to provide that applicants for licensure as a physician assistant who have passed the certification examination administered by the national commission for certification of anesthesiologist assistants (nccaa) and met other requirements are eligible for licensure as a physician assistant…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-26-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON LICENSING ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS UNDER THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 73-26-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT WHO HAVE PASSED THE CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR CERTIFICATION OF ANESTHESIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS (NCCAA) AND MET OTHER REQUIREMENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSURE AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; TO AMEND SECTION 73-26-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROHIBITION ON THE STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE FROM AUTHORIZING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS TO ADMINISTER OR MONITOR GENERAL INHALED ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA, SPINAL ANESTHESIA OR MONITORED ANESTHESIA AS UTILIZED IN SURGICAL PROCEDURES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 73-26-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 73-26-1. As used in this chapter: (a) "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure. (b) "Physician assistant" means a person who meets the board's criteria for licensure as a physician assistant and is licensed as a physician assistant by the board. * * * (c) "Supervising physician" means a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathic medicine who holds an unrestricted *HR26/R1946* H. B. No. 1481 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR26/R1946 PAGE 1 (RF\KW) license from the board, …