32-1456. Medical assistants; use of title;
violation; classification


A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the
direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner:


1. Take body fluid specimens.


2. Administer injections.


B. The board by rule may prescribe other medical procedures which a medical
assistant may perform under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician
assistant or nurse practitioner on a determination by the board that the procedures may
be competently performed by a medical assistant.


C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or
nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may perform the following tasks:


1. Billing and coding.


2. Verifying insurance.


3. Making patient appointments.


4. Scheduling.


5. Recording a doctor's findings in patient charts and transcribing materials in
patient charts and records.


6. Performing visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical.


7. Taking and recording patient vital signs and medical history on medical
records.


D. The board by rule shall prescribe medical assistant training requirements.


E. A person who uses the title medical assistant or a related abbreviation is
guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless that person is working as a medical assistant
under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse
practitioner.