32-2534. Employment of physician assistant; application

(L02, Ch. 277, sec. 17. Rpld. 1/1/11)

A. A physician assistant shall not perform health care tasks until the supervising physician receives approval of the notification of supervision from the board.

B. A supervising physician shall file a notification of supervision in the form required and supplied by the board that is accompanied by the prescribed application fee. The notification shall include the following:

1. The supervising physician's field and type of practice, license number, address and telephone number.

2. Locations of the physician assistant's employment, including health care institutions.

3. The identity of all intended supervising physician's agents and their professional relationship to the supervising physician.

4. Guidelines the supervising physician or supervising physician's agents will follow to ensure timely supervision of the physician assistant's approved health care tasks.

5. A statement to the board indicating whether the physician has been approved by the board for supervision pursuant to section 32-2533.

6. A statement signed by the supervising physician, the supervising physician's agent and the physician assistant that indicates that they have read, are familiar with and shall abide by this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.

C. The board shall promptly review each notification of supervision submitted for approval by a supervising physician.

D. If the notification of supervision includes a request for authority to prescribe, administer or dispense schedule II or schedule III controlled substances, the board shall review and may approve, modify or deny the request based on the following criteria:

1. The physician assistant's previous training and experience.

2. The physician assistant's previous performance.

3. The employment situation.

4. The availability of the supervising physician and supervising physician's agents.

5. A complete list of the United States drug enforcement administration's schedule of drugs that the supervising physician has delegated to the physician assistant for dispensing.

6. The certification of the physician assistant pursuant to section 32-2504, subsection A, paragraph 12 if the supervising physician intends to delegate fourteen day prescription privileges of schedule II or schedule III controlled substances.

E. If there are any deficiencies in the notification of supervision that prevent it from being complete, the board, promptly and in writing, shall notify the supervising physician of the deficiencies.

F. If the notification of supervision satisfies the requirements in subsection B of this section, the board may approve, modify or deny the supervision of a physician assistant by the supervising physician.

G. The board may approve the transfer of supervision of a physician assistant from one supervising physician to another supervising physician if the board approves that physician pursuant to section 32-2533. If the request for transfer is made before a physician assistant begins employment, the new supervising physician shall comply with subsection B of this section. If the request is for a transfer of employment of a physician assistant from a supervising physician to a supervising physician's agent and there is no change in the physician assistant's notification of supervision, the supervising physician's agent shall sign the physician assistant's current notification of supervision and pay the prescribed transfer fee. The transfer from a supervising physician to a supervising physician's agent is subject to board approval.

H. Within thirty days after an employer terminates the employment of a physician assistant, the supervising physician and the physician assistant shall submit a written report to the board that provides the date of termination and the reasons for the termination. The physician assistant shall not work as a physician assistant until the board approves another supervising physician.

32-2534. Employment of physician assistant; application

(L02, Ch. 277, sec. 17. Rpld. 1/1/11)

A. A physician assistant shall not perform health care tasks until the supervising physician receives approval of the notification of supervision from the board.

B. A supervising physician shall file a notification of supervision in the form required and supplied by the board that is accompanied by the prescribed application fee. The notification shall include the following:

1. The supervising physician's field and type of practice, license number, address and telephone number.

2. Locations of the physician assistant's employment, including health care institutions.

3. The identity of all intended supervising physician's agents and their professional relationship to the supervising physician.

4. Guidelines the supervising physician or supervising physician's agents will follow to ensure timely supervision of the physician assistant's approved health care tasks.

5. A statement to the board indicating whether the physician has been approved by the board for supervision pursuant to section 32-2533.

6. A statement signed by the supervising physician, the supervising physician's agent and the physician assistant that indicates that they have read, are familiar with and shall abide by this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter.

C. The board shall promptly review each notification of supervision submitted for approval by a supervising physician.

D. If the notification of supervision includes a request for authority to prescribe, administer or dispense schedule II or schedule III controlled substances, the board shall review and may approve, modify or deny the request based on the following criteria:

1. The physician assistant's previous training and experience.

2. The physician assistant's previous performance.

3. The employment situation.

4. The availability of the supervising physician and supervising physician's agents.

5. A complete list of the United States drug enforcement administration's schedule of drugs that the supervising physician has delegated to the physician assistant for dispensing.

6. The certification of the physician assistant pursuant to section 32-2504, subsection A, paragraph 12 if the supervising physician intends to delegate fourteen day prescription privileges of schedule II or schedule III controlled substances.

E. If there are any deficiencies in the notification of supervision that prevent it from being complete, the board, promptly and in writing, shall notify the supervising physician of the deficiencies.

F. If the notification of supervision satisfies the requirements in subsection B of this section, the board may approve, modify or deny the supervision of a physician assistant by the supervising physician.

G. The board may approve the transfer of supervision of a physician assistant from one supervising physician to another supervising physician if the board approves that physician pursuant to section 32-2533. If the request for transfer is made before a physician assistant begins employment, the new supervising physician shall comply with subsection B of this section. If the request is for a transfer of employment of a physician assistant from a supervising physician to a supervising physician's agent and there is no change in the physician assistant's notification of supervision, the supervising physician's agent shall sign the physician assistant's current notification of supervision and pay the prescribed transfer fee. The transfer from a supervising physician to a supervising physician's agent is subject to board approval.

H. Within thirty days after an employer terminates the employment of a physician assistant, the supervising physician and the physician assistant shall submit a written report to the board that provides the date of termination and the reasons for the termination. The physician assistant shall not work as a physician assistant until the board approves another supervising physician.