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45:9-27.15.  Practice of physician assistant 
     6.  a.  A physician assistant may practice in all medical care settings, including, but not limited to, a physician's office, a health care facility, an institution, a veterans' home or a private home, provided that: 

    (1)  the physician assistant is under the direct supervision of a physician pursuant to section 9 of this act; 

    (2)  the practice of the physician assistant is limited to those procedures authorized under section 7 of this act; 

    (3)  an appropriate notice of employment has been filed with the board pursuant to subsection b. of section 5 of this act; 

    (4)  the supervising physician or physician assistant advises the patient at the time that services are rendered that they are to be performed by the physician assistant; 

    (5)  the physician assistant conspicuously wears an identification tag using the term "physician assistant" whenever acting in that capacity; and 

    (6)  any entry by a physician assistant in a clinical record is appropriately signed and followed by the designation, "PA-C." 

    b.   Any physician assistant who practices in violation of any of the conditions specified in subsection a. of this section shall be deemed to have engaged in professional misconduct in violation of subsection f. of section 8 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21). 

    L.1991,c.378,s.6; amended 1992,c.102,s.4.