07/02/2021    

STATE PODIATRY NEWS

PA  Law Now Allows Podiatrists to Supervise CRNAs

 

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently signed S.B. 416 into law, providing formal recognition for Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) in Pennsylvania nursing statutes. CRNAs have the continued authority to perform anesthesia services in cooperation with a physician or dentist and will now be able to provide anesthesia services in cooperation with a podiatrist as well.

 

The law additionally provides that CRNAs perform anesthesia services for a physician, dentist, or podiatrist involved in a procedure for which anesthesia care is being provided, under the overall direction of a physician, dentist, or podiatrist.

 

Source: Newswise [6/30/21]