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Occupations and Professions | |
Physician Assistant Act | |
Section 501 | Scope of practice. |
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58-70a-501. Scope of practice. (1) A physician assistant may provide any medical services that are not specifically prohibited under this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, and that are: (a) within the physician assistant's skills and scope of competence; (b) within the usual scope of practice of the physician assistant's supervising physician; and (c) provided under the supervision of a supervising physician and in accordance with a delegation of services agreement. (2) A physician assistant, in accordance with a delegation of services agreement, may prescribe or administer an appropriate controlled substance if: (a) the physician assistant holds a Utah controlled substance license and a DEA registration; (b) the prescription or administration of the controlled substance is within the prescriptive practice of the supervising physician and also within the delegated prescribing stated in the delegation of services agreement; and (c) the supervising physician cosigns any medical chart record of a prescription of a Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 controlled substance made by the physician assistant. (3) A physician assistant shall, while practicing as a physician assistant, wear an identification badge showing his license classification as a practicing physician assistant. (4) A physician assistant may not: (a) independently charge or bill a patient, or others on behalf of the patient, for services rendered; (b) identify himself to any person in connection with activities allowed under this chapter other than as a physician assistant; or (c) use the title "doctor" or "physician," or by any knowing act or omission lead or permit anyone to believe he is a physician.
Amended by Chapter 38, 1998 General Session |
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