Physician Supervision No Longer Required for Registered Nurse Anesthetists

SAN FRANCISCO — California law no longer requires a physician to supervise certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), a state appeal court ruled in March.

On March 15, the California Court of Appeal in San Francisco unanimously affirmed a trial court’s ruling that state law, unlike federal law, does not require physicians to supervise CRNAs.

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