R 339
2017 -- S 0980
Enacted 06/22/2017

S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N
RECOGNIZING AND CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS PROFESSION

Introduced By: Senator Joshua Miller
Date Introduced: June 21, 2017

     WHEREAS, Quality, affordable and accessible patient-centered health care, provided by
Physician Assistants contributes to the well-being and quality of life of all patients in Rhode
Island; and
     WHEREAS, Physician Assistants practice medicine in collaboration with physicians in
all settings and specialties, including the diagnosis and treatment of disease, assisting in surgery
and prescribing medications; and
     WHEREAS, A valuable asset to the medical team, Physician Assistants practice
medicine in collaboration with physicians to enhance the delivery of high-quality health care for
patients, often in medically underserved and rural areas; and
     WHEREAS, Physician Assistants have been improving patient outcomes and moving
health care forward since the creation of the profession in 1967; and
     WHEREAS, For 50 years, Physician Assistants have earned the trust of general public
for their dedication and contributions to patients' lives; and
     WHEREAS, For the next 50 years and beyond, Physician Assistants will continue to
work within the health care team to make our health care system more effective, more efficient
and more accessible while providing increased quality to patients; now, therefore be it
     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
hereby recognizes the 50th Anniversary of the Physician Assistants' profession, and encourages
all of our residents to recognize Physician Assistants for the significant impact they have made
and the high-quality health care they have provided over the past five decades; and be it further
     RESOLVED, That The Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the Rhode Island Academy of Physician
Assistants.
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