Physician assistants; allowing certain physician assistants to practice without supervision; specifying prescriptive authority. Effective date.

SB 809 would allow physician assistants (PAs) in Oklahoma who complete specific postgraduate clinical training to practice without direct physician supervision. It modifies Oklahoma law to remove the requirement for supervision agreements for qualifying PAs and clarifies their prescriptive authority for controlled substances. The bill repeals existing supervision rules (Section 521.4) and updates definitions related to PA practice and prescribing. This directly affects PAs with the required experience, expanding their scope to operate independently in clinical settings under the new framework.