Section 325.13303. Physicians' assistants services.

(1) A physician's assistant working under the supervision of a licensed approved physician, as set forth in part 170 or 175 of the code, may carry out appropriate delegated functions in a hospice and its hospice residence, if applicable, in accordance with written policies of the hospice and its hospice residence, if applicable, which are formally adopted  by  the governing body, owner, or operator.

(2)   The written policies governing the functioning of the physician's assistant within the hospice and its hospice residence, if applicable, shall be consistent with law and rules applicable to the hospice and its hospice residence, if  applicable,  the physician's assistant, and the supervising physician.

(3)    The physician's assistant   shall  not  substitute   for  the  licensed physician insofar as the overall responsibility for a patient's care is concerned.

(4)   The attending physician supervising a physician's assistant shall do all of the following:

(a)   Visit the patient at intervals prescribed in R 325.13302(6).

(b)   Check, renew, or amend physician assistant's orders at prescribed intervals.

(c)   Review and participate in the development of patient care plans following admission and at prescribed intervals.

(d)      Review, approve, and countersign all physician assistant entries in the patient?family unit record. Orders written by the physician's assistant shall be countersigned by the attending supervising physician within 48 hours.

History: 1984 AACS; 2003 AACS.