S.B. 27

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PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACTICE ACT
2 1998 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Leonard M. Blackham
5 AN ACT RELATING TO OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS; AMENDING THE
6 PRACTICE SCOPE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
7 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
8 AMENDS:
9 58-70a-501, as enacted by Chapter 229, Laws of Utah 1997
10 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
11 Section 1. Section 58-70a-501 is amended to read:
12 58-70a-501. Scope of practice.
13 (1) A physician assistant may provide any medical services that are not specifically
14 prohibited under this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, and that are:
15 (a) within the physician assistant's skills and scope of competence;
16 (b) within the usual scope of practice of the physician assistant's supervising physician;
17 and
18 (c) provided under the supervision of a supervising physician and in accordance with a
19 delegation of services agreement.
20 (2) A physician assistant, in accordance with a delegation of services agreement, may
21 prescribe or administer an appropriate controlled substance if:
22 (a) the physician assistant holds a Utah controlled substance license and a DEA
23 registration;
24 (b) the prescription or administration of the controlled substance is within the prescriptive
25 practice of the supervising physician and also within the delegated prescribing stated in the
26 delegation of services agreement; and
27 (c) the supervising physician cosigns any medical chart record of a prescription of a

1 Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 controlled substance made by the physician assistant.
2 (3) A physician assistant shall, while practicing as a physician assistant, wear an
3 identification badge showing his license classification as a practicing physician assistant.
4 (4) A physician assistant may not:
5 (a) independently charge or bill a patient, or others on behalf of the patient, for services
6 rendered;
7 (b) identify himself to any person in connection with activities allowed under this chapter
8 other than as a physician assistant; or
9 (c) use the title "doctor" or "physician," or by any knowing act or omission lead or permit
10 anyone to believe he is a physician.
11 [(5) During the initial six months of a physician assistant's licensed practice:]
12 [(a) the physician assistant shall work only under the direct supervision of a supervising
13 or substitute supervising physician in accordance with a delegation of services agreement; and]
14 [(b) all patient charts in which the physician assistant enters information shall be reviewed
15 and countersigned by the supervising or substitute supervising physician.]




Legislative Review Note
as of 12-11-97 8:29 AM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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