Section 8.10. Physician to physician assistant ratio.

 

(1)  No physician may supervise more than 4 on-duty physician assistants at any time unless a written plan to do so has been submitted to and approved by the board. Nothing herein shall limit the number of physician assistants for whom a physician may provide supervision over time. A physician assistant may be supervised by more than one physician while on duty.

(2)  A supervising physician shall be available to the physician assistant at all times for consultation either in person or within 15 minutes of contact by telecommunication or other means.

Cr. Register, July, 1984, No. 343 , eff. 8-1-84; am. (1), Register, December, 1999, No. 528 , eff. 1-1-00; CR 09-006 : am. (3) Register August 2009 No. 644 , eff. 9-1-09; CR 12-005 : r. and recr. Register February 2014 No. 698 , eff. 3-1-14.