Oklahoma legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Oklahoma HB4430: Medical malpractice; Physician Assistant Act requirements; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse malpractice insurance requirements; compliance; effective date.
Status: Chaptered, May 7, 2026
What the bill says
An Act relating to medical malpractice; amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section 519.6, as amended by Section 5, Chapter 343, O.S.L. 2025 (59 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 519.6), which relates to license required, supervision, and practice agreements within the Physician Assistant Act; amending Section 2, Chapter 340, O.S.L. 2025 (59 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 567.5b), which relates to Advanced Practice Registered Nurse malpractice insurance requirements; providing for compliance; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Medical malpractice.
From the enrolled text, April 30, 2026:
An Act relating to medical malpractice; amending 59 O.S. 2021, Section 519.6, as amended by Section 5, Chapter 343, O.S.L. 2025 (59 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 519.6), which relates to license required, supervision, and practice agreements within the Physician Assistant Act; amending Section 2, Chapter 340, O.S.L. 2025 (59 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 567.5b), which relates to Advanced Practice Registered Nurse malpractice insurance requirements; providing for compliance; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Medical malpractice SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 519.6, as amended by Section 5, Chapter 343, O.S.L. 2025 (59 O.S. Supp. 2025, Section 519.6), is amended to read as follows: Section 519.6. A. No health care services may be performed by a physician assistant unless a current license is on file with and approved by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. B. A physician assistant with six thousand two hundred forty (6,240) or more hours of postgraduate clinical practice experience who has reported those hours to the Board shall not be required to practice under the supervision of a delegating physician. 1. A physician assistant may report the completion of postgraduate clinical practice experience to the Board at any time after completion of at least six thousand two hundred forty (6,240) such hours. 2. Hours earned prior to the effective date of this act …