32-2534

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.