(b) As provided for in the written agreement, the physician assistant must report orally or in writing to a supervising physician within 36 hours on the treatments performed or transmitted by the physician`s assistant while the supervising physician was not physically present, and the basis for any decision to perform or transmit treatment. (5) The physician`s assistant and the attending physician shall grant immediate access to the written agreement to any person who wishes to confirm the physician`s assistant`s authority to prescribe or dispense a drug. The written agreement must list the classes of drugs that the physician assistant is not authorized to prescribe. (11) Transfer of medical responsibility to a person if the physician assistant knows or has reason to believe that the person is not qualified by training, experience, licence or certification to perform the task assigned to him. Steps to find the application of written agreement on your dashboard: (2) Existence of the written agreement and compliance with its terms. See § 18.142 (for written agreements). (1) Monitor the compliance of all parties to the written agreement with the standards contained in the written agreement, the law and this subchapter. (b) The physician`s assistant may provide any medical service on the instructions of the attending physician if the service falls within the competence, training and experience of physician assistants, is within the physician`s field of activity, is included in the written agreement and is provided with the scope of supervision in accordance with recognized standards of medical practice. Written instructions from the State Board of Medicine for written agreement initiated by a PA www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Medicine/Documents/Board%20Documents/MedM%20-%20Online%20Written%20Agreement%20User%20Guide%20-%20initiated%20by%20Physician%20Assistant.pdf medical assistants are authorized to prescribe independently under the supervision of an MD (allopathic) supervisor. The list of drugs that the PA cannot prescribe is included in the working agreement approved by the board. PAs may prescribe scheduled II-V medications with an active AED number. (a) In a hospital, medical care facility or office, the physician`s assistant may order or administer controlled substances, whole blood and blood components, or both, if the authority to order and administer such medicines and liquids is expressly specified in the written agreement.
(b) If the supervising physician intends to deploy physician assistants to satellite locations, the medical supervisor shall provide the Board with additional information in accordance with section 18.155 (with respect to satellite locations) and additional information requested by the Board directly with respect to the location of the satellite. a) The written consent required by section 13(e) of the Act (63 P.S. § 422.13(e)) satisfies the following requirements. The Agreement shall: (c) The Board reserves the right to review the use of the Physician Assistant without notice to the Physician Assistant. The failure of a physician or supervising assistant to comply with the Committee`s request for the information referred to in paragraph (a) constitutes a violation of this subchapter. (a) A physician`s assistant may issue a written or oral prescription for a medical plan or transmit a written or oral prescription for a medical plan to be performed by a health professional, subject to the requirements of this division. (ii) the term does not include an entity providing general or specialized medical services that are not systematically of an emergency nature, even if such cessation provides emergency medical care from time to time; Medical Care FacilityA facility that is licensed or authorized to provide health care services. Medical regime Therapeutic, corrective or diagnostic measure carried out or ordered by a doctor or carried out or ordered by a medical assistant acting in the course of the practice of medical assistants, and in accordance with the written agreement between the supervising physician and the physician`s assistant. Medical ServiceAn activity that is part of the practice of medicine and surgery. CNCPALa National Commission for the Certification of Physician Assistants, the body recognized by the Board of Directors for the certification and recertification of physician assistants through training and examination. PrescriptionAn oral or written instruction for therapeutic, corrective or diagnostic action, including a drug to be dispensed for on-site administration in a hospital, medical facility or office.
DoctorA doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine. Physician AssistantPerson approved by Council as a physician assistant. Physician Assistant ExaminationAn examination to verify whether a person has acquired sufficient academic knowledge to be eligible for admission as a physician assistant. The Board recognizes the NCCPA certification exam. Physician Assistant ProgramA physician assistant training and training program recognized by the Board and accredited by CAHEA, CAAHEP, ARC-PA or a successor organization. Prescription (i) A written or oral prescription for the supply of a drug or device to an end-user or end-user. (7) Practice acupuncture, unless permitted by section 13(k) of the Act (63 P.S. § 422.13(k)). (a) The physician`s assistant shall practise medicine under medical supervision.
A physician`s assistant may perform these duties and responsibilities, including ordering, prescribing, dispensing and administering drugs and medical devices, as well as ordering, prescribing and performing diagnostic and therapeutic medical treatments, in accordance with the instructions of the supervising physician. A PA is required to notify the Board in writing within 15 days of any change or termination of employment or change of mailing address. This includes any changes in monitoring physicians. A supervising physician is also required to notify the board of directors within 15 days of any change or termination of his or her supervision of a physician`s assistant. Failure to notify the Commission within 15 days is the basis for disciplinary action. (a) If the Senior Supervising Physician is not available to supervise the Physician Assistant, the Primary Care Physician may not delegate patient care to the Medical Assistant unless the written agreement contains appropriate provisions for alternative supervision and the Alternate Physician is registered with the Chamber as a Supervising Physician. a) The physician`s assistant is required to inform the board in writing within 15 days of a change or termination of the employment relationship or a change of mailing address. Failure to notify the Commission in writing of a change of mailing address may result in the non-receipt of the relevant documents distributed by the Commission. The physician assistant shall inform the board of directors of the new residential address, the employment address and the name of the registered attending physician […].