SB 234 - This act allow the Board of Healing Arts to accept the Canadian Licensing Examination as an equivalent to the United States Medical Licensing Examination.

The act would also expand current statutory language to allow temporary licenses to be issued to physicians teaching or lecturing in non- teaching hospitals that are accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation on Health Care Organization or the American Osteopathic Association.

The act also provides the Board with an alternative to either refusing the issuance of or the renewal of a certificate of registration or authority, permit or license by subjecting such issuance or renewal to probation, restriction or limitations.

The grounds for which Board may refuse to register, suspend or revoke an Athletic Trainer's registration is also specified in the act.

The act clarifies the definition of a physician assistant and specifies the education qualifications for a physician assistant.

CHERYL GRAZIER