S.B. 27 Enrolled

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACTICE ACT
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Leonard M. Blackham
AN ACT RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS; AMENDING THE
PRACTICE SCOPE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
58-70a-501, as enacted by Chapter 229, Laws of Utah 1997
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 58-70a-501 is amended to read:
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.
[(5) During the initial six months of a physician assistant's licensed practice:]
[(a) the physician assistant shall work only under the direct supervision of a supervising or
substitute supervising physician in accordance with a delegation of services agreement; and]
[(b) all patient charts in which the physician assistant enters information shall be reviewed
and countersigned by the supervising or substitute supervising physician.]

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