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SECTION 5-54-2

   § 5-54-2  Definitions. – As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings:

   (1) "Administrator" means the administrator, division ofprofessional regulation.

   (2) "Approved program" means a program for the education andtraining of physician assistants formally approved by the American MedicalAssociation's (A.M.A.'s) Committee on Allied Health, Education andAccreditation, its successor, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied HealthEducation Programs (CAAHEP) or its successor.

   (3) "Approved program for continuing medical education" meansa program for continuing education approved by the American Academy ofPhysician Assistants (AAPA) or the Accreditation Council for Continuing MedicalEducation of the American Medical Association (AMA), or the American Academy ofFamily Physicians (AAPFP) or the American Osteopathic Association Committee onContinuing Medical Education (AOACCME) or any other board approved program.

   (4) "Board" means the board of licensure of physicianassistants.

   (5) "Director" means the director of the department of health.

   (6) "Division" means the division of professional regulation,department of health.

   (7) "Formulary committee" means a committee empowered todevelop a list of medications that physician assistants may prescribe.

   (8) "Physician" means a person licensed under the provisionsof chapter 29 or 37 of this title.

   (9) "Physician assistant" means a person who is qualified byacademic and practical training to provide those certain patient services underthe supervision, control, responsibility and direction of a licensed physician.

   (10) "Supervision" means overseeing the activities of, andaccepting the responsibility for the medical services rendered by the physicianassistants. Supervision is continuous, and under the direct control of alicensed physician expert in the field of medicine in which the physicianassistants practice. The constant physical presence of the supervisingphysician or physician designee is not required. It is the responsibility ofthe supervising physician and physician assistant to assure an appropriatelevel of supervision depending on the services being rendered. Each physicianor group of physicians, or other health care delivery organization excludinglicensed hospital or licensed health care facilities controlled or operated bya licensed hospital employing physician assistants must have on file at theprimary practice site a copy of a policy in the form of an agreement betweenthe supervising physicians and physician assistants delineating:

   (i) The level of supervision provided by the supervisingphysician or designee with particular reference to differing levels ofsupervision depending on the type of patient services provided and requirementsfor communication between the supervising physician or designee and thephysician assistant.

   (ii) A job description for the physician assistant listingpatient care responsibilities and procedures to be performed by the physicianassistant.

   (iii) A program for quality assurance for physician assistantservices including requirements for periodic review of the physician assistantservices.

   (iv) Requirements for supervision of physician assistantsemployed or extended medical staff privileges by licensed hospitals or otherlicensed health care facilities or employed by other health care deliveryagencies shall be delineated by the medical staff by laws and/or applicablegoverning authority of the facility.

   (v) The supervising physician or physician designee must beavailable for easy communication and referral at all times.

   (11) "Unprofessional conduct" includes, but is not limitedto, the following items or any combination and may be defined by regulationsestablished by the board with prior approval of the director:

   (i) Fraudulent or deceptive procuring or use of a license;

   (ii) Representation of himself or herself as a physician;

   (iii) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude;conviction of a felony; conviction of a crime arising out of the practice ofmedicine. All advertising of medical business, which is intended or has atendency to deceive the public;

   (iv) Abandonment of a patient;

   (v) Dependence upon a controlled substance, habitualdrunkenness, or rendering professional services to a patient while intoxicatedor incapacitated by the use of drugs;

   (vi) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices appliances, orgoods or services provided for a patient in a manner that exploits the patientfor the financial gain of the physician assistant;

   (vii) Immoral conduct of a physician assistant in thepractice of medicine;

   (viii) Willfully making and filing false reports or records;

   (ix) Willful omission to file or record or willfully impedingor obstructing a filing or recording, or inducing another person to omit tofile or record medical or other reports as required by law;

   (x) Agreeing with clinical or bioanalytical laboratories toaccept payments from these laboratories for individual tests or test series forpatients;

   (xi) Practicing with an unlicensed physician or physicianassistant or aiding or abetting these unlicensed persons in the practice ofmedicine;

   (xii) Offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat adisease by a secret method, procedure, treatment or medicine;

   (xiii) Professional or mental incompetence;

   (xiv) Surrender, revocation, suspension, limitation ofprivilege based on quality of care provided, or any other disciplinary actionagainst a license or authorization to practice in another state orjurisdiction; or surrender, revocation, suspension, or any other disciplinaryaction relating to membership on any medical staff or in any medicalprofessional association, or society while under disciplinary investigation byany of those authorities or bodies for acts or conduct similar to acts orconduct which would constitute grounds for action as stated in this chapter;

   (xv) Any adverse judgment, settlement, or award arising froma medical liability claim related to acts or conduct, which would constitutegrounds for action as stated in this chapter;

   (xvi) Failure to furnish the board, the administrator,investigator or representatives, information legally requested by the board;

   (xvii) Violation of any provisions of this chapter or therules and regulations promulgated by the director or an action, stipulation, oragreement of the board;

   (xviii) Cheating or attempting to subvert the certifyingexamination;

   (xix) Violating any state or federal law or regulationrelating to controlled substances;

   (xx) Medical malpractice;

   (xxi) Sexual contact between a physician assistant andpatient during the existence of the physician assistant/patient relationship;

   (xxii) Providing services to a person who is making a claimas a result of a personal injury, who charges or collects from the person anyamount in excess of the reimbursement to the physician assistant by the insureras a condition of providing or continuing to provide services or treatment.

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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-5 > Chapter-5-54 > 5-54-2

SECTION 5-54-2

   § 5-54-2  Definitions. – As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings:

   (1) "Administrator" means the administrator, division ofprofessional regulation.

   (2) "Approved program" means a program for the education andtraining of physician assistants formally approved by the American MedicalAssociation's (A.M.A.'s) Committee on Allied Health, Education andAccreditation, its successor, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied HealthEducation Programs (CAAHEP) or its successor.

   (3) "Approved program for continuing medical education" meansa program for continuing education approved by the American Academy ofPhysician Assistants (AAPA) or the Accreditation Council for Continuing MedicalEducation of the American Medical Association (AMA), or the American Academy ofFamily Physicians (AAPFP) or the American Osteopathic Association Committee onContinuing Medical Education (AOACCME) or any other board approved program.

   (4) "Board" means the board of licensure of physicianassistants.

   (5) "Director" means the director of the department of health.

   (6) "Division" means the division of professional regulation,department of health.

   (7) "Formulary committee" means a committee empowered todevelop a list of medications that physician assistants may prescribe.

   (8) "Physician" means a person licensed under the provisionsof chapter 29 or 37 of this title.

   (9) "Physician assistant" means a person who is qualified byacademic and practical training to provide those certain patient services underthe supervision, control, responsibility and direction of a licensed physician.

   (10) "Supervision" means overseeing the activities of, andaccepting the responsibility for the medical services rendered by the physicianassistants. Supervision is continuous, and under the direct control of alicensed physician expert in the field of medicine in which the physicianassistants practice. The constant physical presence of the supervisingphysician or physician designee is not required. It is the responsibility ofthe supervising physician and physician assistant to assure an appropriatelevel of supervision depending on the services being rendered. Each physicianor group of physicians, or other health care delivery organization excludinglicensed hospital or licensed health care facilities controlled or operated bya licensed hospital employing physician assistants must have on file at theprimary practice site a copy of a policy in the form of an agreement betweenthe supervising physicians and physician assistants delineating:

   (i) The level of supervision provided by the supervisingphysician or designee with particular reference to differing levels ofsupervision depending on the type of patient services provided and requirementsfor communication between the supervising physician or designee and thephysician assistant.

   (ii) A job description for the physician assistant listingpatient care responsibilities and procedures to be performed by the physicianassistant.

   (iii) A program for quality assurance for physician assistantservices including requirements for periodic review of the physician assistantservices.

   (iv) Requirements for supervision of physician assistantsemployed or extended medical staff privileges by licensed hospitals or otherlicensed health care facilities or employed by other health care deliveryagencies shall be delineated by the medical staff by laws and/or applicablegoverning authority of the facility.

   (v) The supervising physician or physician designee must beavailable for easy communication and referral at all times.

   (11) "Unprofessional conduct" includes, but is not limitedto, the following items or any combination and may be defined by regulationsestablished by the board with prior approval of the director:

   (i) Fraudulent or deceptive procuring or use of a license;

   (ii) Representation of himself or herself as a physician;

   (iii) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude;conviction of a felony; conviction of a crime arising out of the practice ofmedicine. All advertising of medical business, which is intended or has atendency to deceive the public;

   (iv) Abandonment of a patient;

   (v) Dependence upon a controlled substance, habitualdrunkenness, or rendering professional services to a patient while intoxicatedor incapacitated by the use of drugs;

   (vi) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices appliances, orgoods or services provided for a patient in a manner that exploits the patientfor the financial gain of the physician assistant;

   (vii) Immoral conduct of a physician assistant in thepractice of medicine;

   (viii) Willfully making and filing false reports or records;

   (ix) Willful omission to file or record or willfully impedingor obstructing a filing or recording, or inducing another person to omit tofile or record medical or other reports as required by law;

   (x) Agreeing with clinical or bioanalytical laboratories toaccept payments from these laboratories for individual tests or test series forpatients;

   (xi) Practicing with an unlicensed physician or physicianassistant or aiding or abetting these unlicensed persons in the practice ofmedicine;

   (xii) Offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat adisease by a secret method, procedure, treatment or medicine;

   (xiii) Professional or mental incompetence;

   (xiv) Surrender, revocation, suspension, limitation ofprivilege based on quality of care provided, or any other disciplinary actionagainst a license or authorization to practice in another state orjurisdiction; or surrender, revocation, suspension, or any other disciplinaryaction relating to membership on any medical staff or in any medicalprofessional association, or society while under disciplinary investigation byany of those authorities or bodies for acts or conduct similar to acts orconduct which would constitute grounds for action as stated in this chapter;

   (xv) Any adverse judgment, settlement, or award arising froma medical liability claim related to acts or conduct, which would constitutegrounds for action as stated in this chapter;

   (xvi) Failure to furnish the board, the administrator,investigator or representatives, information legally requested by the board;

   (xvii) Violation of any provisions of this chapter or therules and regulations promulgated by the director or an action, stipulation, oragreement of the board;

   (xviii) Cheating or attempting to subvert the certifyingexamination;

   (xix) Violating any state or federal law or regulationrelating to controlled substances;

   (xx) Medical malpractice;

   (xxi) Sexual contact between a physician assistant andpatient during the existence of the physician assistant/patient relationship;

   (xxii) Providing services to a person who is making a claimas a result of a personal injury, who charges or collects from the person anyamount in excess of the reimbursement to the physician assistant by the insureras a condition of providing or continuing to provide services or treatment.


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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-5 > Chapter-5-54 > 5-54-2

SECTION 5-54-2

   § 5-54-2  Definitions. – As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings:

   (1) "Administrator" means the administrator, division ofprofessional regulation.

   (2) "Approved program" means a program for the education andtraining of physician assistants formally approved by the American MedicalAssociation's (A.M.A.'s) Committee on Allied Health, Education andAccreditation, its successor, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied HealthEducation Programs (CAAHEP) or its successor.

   (3) "Approved program for continuing medical education" meansa program for continuing education approved by the American Academy ofPhysician Assistants (AAPA) or the Accreditation Council for Continuing MedicalEducation of the American Medical Association (AMA), or the American Academy ofFamily Physicians (AAPFP) or the American Osteopathic Association Committee onContinuing Medical Education (AOACCME) or any other board approved program.

   (4) "Board" means the board of licensure of physicianassistants.

   (5) "Director" means the director of the department of health.

   (6) "Division" means the division of professional regulation,department of health.

   (7) "Formulary committee" means a committee empowered todevelop a list of medications that physician assistants may prescribe.

   (8) "Physician" means a person licensed under the provisionsof chapter 29 or 37 of this title.

   (9) "Physician assistant" means a person who is qualified byacademic and practical training to provide those certain patient services underthe supervision, control, responsibility and direction of a licensed physician.

   (10) "Supervision" means overseeing the activities of, andaccepting the responsibility for the medical services rendered by the physicianassistants. Supervision is continuous, and under the direct control of alicensed physician expert in the field of medicine in which the physicianassistants practice. The constant physical presence of the supervisingphysician or physician designee is not required. It is the responsibility ofthe supervising physician and physician assistant to assure an appropriatelevel of supervision depending on the services being rendered. Each physicianor group of physicians, or other health care delivery organization excludinglicensed hospital or licensed health care facilities controlled or operated bya licensed hospital employing physician assistants must have on file at theprimary practice site a copy of a policy in the form of an agreement betweenthe supervising physicians and physician assistants delineating:

   (i) The level of supervision provided by the supervisingphysician or designee with particular reference to differing levels ofsupervision depending on the type of patient services provided and requirementsfor communication between the supervising physician or designee and thephysician assistant.

   (ii) A job description for the physician assistant listingpatient care responsibilities and procedures to be performed by the physicianassistant.

   (iii) A program for quality assurance for physician assistantservices including requirements for periodic review of the physician assistantservices.

   (iv) Requirements for supervision of physician assistantsemployed or extended medical staff privileges by licensed hospitals or otherlicensed health care facilities or employed by other health care deliveryagencies shall be delineated by the medical staff by laws and/or applicablegoverning authority of the facility.

   (v) The supervising physician or physician designee must beavailable for easy communication and referral at all times.

   (11) "Unprofessional conduct" includes, but is not limitedto, the following items or any combination and may be defined by regulationsestablished by the board with prior approval of the director:

   (i) Fraudulent or deceptive procuring or use of a license;

   (ii) Representation of himself or herself as a physician;

   (iii) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude;conviction of a felony; conviction of a crime arising out of the practice ofmedicine. All advertising of medical business, which is intended or has atendency to deceive the public;

   (iv) Abandonment of a patient;

   (v) Dependence upon a controlled substance, habitualdrunkenness, or rendering professional services to a patient while intoxicatedor incapacitated by the use of drugs;

   (vi) Promotion of the sale of drugs, devices appliances, orgoods or services provided for a patient in a manner that exploits the patientfor the financial gain of the physician assistant;

   (vii) Immoral conduct of a physician assistant in thepractice of medicine;

   (viii) Willfully making and filing false reports or records;

   (ix) Willful omission to file or record or willfully impedingor obstructing a filing or recording, or inducing another person to omit tofile or record medical or other reports as required by law;

   (x) Agreeing with clinical or bioanalytical laboratories toaccept payments from these laboratories for individual tests or test series forpatients;

   (xi) Practicing with an unlicensed physician or physicianassistant or aiding or abetting these unlicensed persons in the practice ofmedicine;

   (xii) Offering, undertaking or agreeing to cure or treat adisease by a secret method, procedure, treatment or medicine;

   (xiii) Professional or mental incompetence;

   (xiv) Surrender, revocation, suspension, limitation ofprivilege based on quality of care provided, or any other disciplinary actionagainst a license or authorization to practice in another state orjurisdiction; or surrender, revocation, suspension, or any other disciplinaryaction relating to membership on any medical staff or in any medicalprofessional association, or society while under disciplinary investigation byany of those authorities or bodies for acts or conduct similar to acts orconduct which would constitute grounds for action as stated in this chapter;

   (xv) Any adverse judgment, settlement, or award arising froma medical liability claim related to acts or conduct, which would constitutegrounds for action as stated in this chapter;

   (xvi) Failure to furnish the board, the administrator,investigator or representatives, information legally requested by the board;

   (xvii) Violation of any provisions of this chapter or therules and regulations promulgated by the director or an action, stipulation, oragreement of the board;

   (xviii) Cheating or attempting to subvert the certifyingexamination;

   (xix) Violating any state or federal law or regulationrelating to controlled substances;

   (xx) Medical malpractice;

   (xxi) Sexual contact between a physician assistant andpatient during the existence of the physician assistant/patient relationship;

   (xxii) Providing services to a person who is making a claimas a result of a personal injury, who charges or collects from the person anyamount in excess of the reimbursement to the physician assistant by the insureras a condition of providing or continuing to provide services or treatment.