COLUMBIA S.C (WCIV) — Physician assistants from across South Carolina plan to gather at the State House on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to loosen practice rules they say are worsening the state’s already severe shortage of healthcare providers.
More than 90 PAs and PA students are expected to attend the South Carolina Academy of PAs’ annual “PA Day at the Capitol,” where participants will meet with legislators between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the Statehouse grounds.
The state’s nearly 3,500 PAs could play a larger role in filling care gaps, organizers say, particularly in rural communities, if outdated regulatory barriers were lifted…