Physician Assistants Advisory Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners

Name Physician Assistants Advisory Committee - State Board of Medical Examiners
Contact Person Vincent A. Culotta, Jr., MD - Executive Director
Mailing Address P. O. Box 30250
New Orleans, LA 70190-0250
Phone Number 504-568-1079
Fax Number 504-568-5754
Board Email lsbme@lsbme.la.gov
Website www.lsbme.la.gov
Legal Authority La.Rev.Stat.37:1360
Year Created 1977
Organizational Placement Board of Medical Examiners
Purpose/Function Shortages of all skilled health personnel, particularly in rural areas and in the field of primary care medicine, new scientific and technological developments, and new methods of organizing health services have made the question of new uses for allied health personnel the critical issue to be resolved if our supply of health manpower is to be used effectively and productively. In its concern with the growing shortage and geographic maldistribution of health care services in Louisiana, the rising cost of health care services in the state and nationally, and the need for primary health care by thousands of Louisiana citizens, the legislature intends to establish in this Part a framework for legal recognition and development of new categories of health manpower known as physician assistants
Budget Message The Board continues to meet licensure demands. These expenses, the ever increasing costs to investigate and prosecute violations of the practice Acts, the increasing responsibilites of the Board to serve on committees to address joint issues of concerns, development of educations programs, conversion to online processes and the economy, particulary the state economy, will continue to make clear the Board's need to maintain financial position in which it can meets its operational costs and an established surplus. The Physician Assistant Advisory Committee, R.S., 37:1270.1 is included in the Board's budget.
Number of Entity Members: Number Authorized:
Number Currently Serving: 5
Number of Entity Meetings: Actual number in prior year: 4
Estimated number in current year: 2
The Entity is:
Active   Inactive   Not fully organized   Disbanded   Never fully organized
Do members receive per diem, salaries, and/or travel expense reimbursements?
Yes   No
Excluding member per diem, salaries, and travel expense reimbursements, does the entity receive or expend funds?
Yes   No
Entity Member Per Diem:
  Amount Authorized: $0      per meeting   per meeting day   per day spent on board business   None

Total entity member per diem:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Entity Member Salaries:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Entity Member Travel Expense Reimbursement:
  Prior year actual: $0.00
  Current year budgeted: $0.00
Number and Type of Authorized Employee Positions:
Classified: 0
Unclassified: 0
Part-time: 0
Entity Fiscal Year End:
4/30         7/31         10/31         Other (identify date)
6/30         9/30         12/31         None
Participation in State Employee Benefit Programs:
    Employees:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs

    Members:
       participate in state retirement system(s) and/or state group insurance program(s)
       do not participate in state benefit programs
Notes The Budget of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee is included in the budget of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners inasmuch as the Committee generates no funds. Reimbursement of $50.00 per meeting day and actual travel expenses per law is paid out of the funds of the LSBME.
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