Section 325.20605. Physicians' assistants in homes.  


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

    (2)    The written policies governing the functions of the  physician's assistant within the home shall be consistent with law and rules applicable to the home, 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 physician's assistant shall not be or function as an employee of the home and shall be limited to providing care for the  patients of the supervising physician.

    (5)   The attending physician supervising a physician's assistant shall be required to visit the patient in a home at intervals prescribed in law and rule; shall check, renew, or amend physician orders at prescribed intervals; shall review and participate in the development of patient care plans following admission and at prescribed intervals; and shall review, approve, and countersign all physician assistant entries in the clinical record. Orders written in the clinical record by the physician's assistant shall be countersigned by the attending supervising physician within 48 hours.

History: 1981 AACS; 1983 AACS.