Year: 2016
Resolution Number: 90
Action Taken: Referred to the Board
Status: Refer to Committee/Workgroup
Author(s): Anthiny Udo-Inyang, MD and Theophilus Ulinfun, DO
Sponsor: Anthony Adeleye, MD
On behalf of:
Committee: B (Legislation)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS partner with the Physician Assistant Certification Council for Medical Graduates, Inc. (PACFMG), and the state of Michigan to sponsor legislation in both Legislative Chambers to amend Michigan’s Public Health Code to recognize medical school graduates in the eligibility criteria for issuance of a physician’s assistant license upon completion of a six-month clinical internship and obtaining a passing score on a Michigan sanctioned physician’s assistant licensing examination to be conducted by the PACFMG; and be it further RESOLVED: That, should Michigan’s law be amended to allow for a process by which medical school graduates can successfully obtain licensure in Michigan as physician’s assistants, MSMS will permit this category of physician’s assistants to join MSMS, pay MSMS membership dues at the same level as clinical residents, and benefit from medical update seminars, conferences, continuing medical education opportunities, etc.; and be it further RESOLVED: That, should the Physician Assistant Certification Council for Medical Graduates’ (PACFMG) proposal to allow for the licensure of medical students as physician’s assistants in Michigan be adopted with the PACFMG being given the responsibility of training, supervision, and conduction examinations, MSMS shall do the following:1. Accredit the PACFMG physician’s assistant certification examination and receive 30 percent of the accreditation fees, 10 percent of the clinical internship fees, and five percent of the certification fees that each successful candidate shall pay to undergo this alternate postgraduate pathway, and2. Accredit the six-month clinical internship training being supervised by the PACFMG at different time intervals to ensure quality training; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS shall collaborate with the Physician Assistant Certification Council for Medical Graduates, Inc. to refer this new alternate postgraduate pathway to the American Medical Association for its endorsement nationally and as a possible introduction to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. President for the introduction and enactment of federal legislation.
RESOLVED: That MSMS partner with the Physician Assistant Certification Council for Medical Graduates, Inc. (PACFMG), and the state of Michigan to sponsor legislation in both Legislative Chambers to amend Michigan’s Public Health Code to recognize medical school graduates in the eligibility criteria for issuance of a physician’s assistant license upon completion of a six-month clinical internship and obtaining a passing score on a Michigan sanctioned physician’s assistant licensing examination to be conducted by the PACFMG; and be it further RESOLVED: That, should Michigan’s law be amended to allow for a process by which medical school graduates can successfully obtain licensure in Michigan as physician’s assistants, MSMS will permit this category of physician’s assistants to join MSMS, pay MSMS membership dues at the same level as clinical residents, and benefit from medical update seminars, conferences, continuing medical education opportunities, etc.; and be it further RESOLVED: That, should the Physician Assistant Certification Council for Medical Graduates’ (PACFMG) proposal to allow for the licensure of medical students as physician’s assistants in Michigan be adopted with the PACFMG being given the responsibility of training, supervision, and conduction examinations, MSMS shall do the following:1. Accredit the PACFMG physician’s assistant certification examination and receive 30 percent of the accreditation fees, 10 percent of the clinical internship fees, and five percent of the certification fees that each successful candidate shall pay to undergo this alternate postgraduate pathway, and2. Accredit the six-month clinical internship training being supervised by the PACFMG at different time intervals to ensure quality training; and be it further RESOLVED: That MSMS shall collaborate with the Physician Assistant Certification Council for Medical Graduates, Inc. to refer this new alternate postgraduate pathway to the American Medical Association for its endorsement nationally and as a possible introduction to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. President for the introduction and enactment of federal legislation.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Certification of Medical School Graduates as Physician’s Assistants
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