Lawmakers asked to wake up and look at anesthesia laws during upcoming Session
Different health care provider groups want lawmakers to examine how anesthesia and other pain-numbing services are delivered to hospitalized Florida patients.
Three different types of health care providers are authorized to administer anesthesia in Florida: anesthesiologist assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists. They all have different roles and educational and training backgrounds, but they all have their eyes on bills filed in the Florida House and Senate for consideration in the Legislative Session that begins Jan. 11, 2022.
SB 1336 by Sen. Dennis Baxley modernizes laws regarding the regulation of anesthesiologist’s assistants. Created in statute with t...
