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Florida Handbook: Advanced Practice Providers

What types of duties may advanced practice providers perform?

Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), such as Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs), are professionals trained, certified, and licensed to perform such functions as physical exams, history taking, diagnosis, and treatment of commonly encountered medical problems under the supervision of a licensed physician. In this way, APPs extend the physician’s capacity to provide care.

The Florida Board of Medicine https://flboardofmedicine.gov/ , the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine https://floridasosteopathicmedicine.gov/ , and the Florida Board of Nursing https://floridasnursing.gov/ govern the practice of PAs and NPs respectively. Each respective board, in…

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