Effective November 1, 2012, Wisconsin Act 160
(Act 160) establishes a licensure requirement for anesthesiologist
assistants (AAs). Prior to Act 160, AAs practiced under delegated
authority. Act 160 also established the requirements for obtaining AA
licensure, AA’s scope of practice, anesthesiologist supervision
requirements as well as a Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants.
This announcement summarizes some of the key aspects of the new law that
Wisconsin anesthesiology providers need to know.
AA Scope of Practice
Act 160 provides that an AA
may assist an anesthesiologist in the delivery of medical care. The
medical care tasks that may be assigned by the supervising
anesthesiologist, falling within the AA’s scope of practice, are the
following:
Developing and implementing an anesthesia care plan for the patient;Obtaining a comprehensive patient history and performing relevant elements of a physical exam;Pretesting and calibrating anesthesia delivery systems and obtaining
and interpreting information from the systems and from monitors;Implementing medically accepted...
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