Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 360-5-.05 - Limitations on Physician Assistant Practice
(1) No person shall practice as a physician
assistant without a license or temporary permit from the Board, Board approval
of a supervising physician, and Board approval of his/her job
description.
(2) A physician
employed by the Department of Community Health, an institution thereof or by a
local health department, whose duties are administrative and do not normally
include providing health care to patients, shall not be authorized to supervise
a physician assistant who is employed by these entities.
(3) A physician may not be an employee of the
physician assistant who he/she is required to supervise unless the arrangement
was approved by the Board prior to July 1, 2009.
(4) A physician may serve as primary
supervising physician to only four physician assistants. A physician may be an
alternate supervising physician for any number of physician
assistants.
(5) A physician may
serve as a primary supervising physician for no more than eight physician
assistants who have completed a board approved anesthesiologist assistant
program licensed to him or her at a time. A physician may be an alternate
supervising physician for any number of anesthesiologist assistants.
(6) When acting as a Primary or Alternate
supervising physician, a physician may supervise as many as (4) four physician
assistants who have completed a board approved anesthesiologist assistant
program at one time, who are working within the scope of practice of the
Supervising Physician.
When acting as a Primary or Alternate supervising physician, a physician may supervise as many as (4) four physician assistants at one time, who are working within the scope of practice of the Supervising Physician.
This limitation shall not apply to a Physician Assistant who is practicing:
(A) In a hospital licensed
under Title 31;
(B) In any college
or university as defined in Code Section
20-8-1;
(C) In the Department of Public
Health;
(D) In any county board of
health;
(E) In any community
service board;
(F) In any free
health clinic;
(G) In a birthing
center;
(H) In any entity:
(i) Which is exempt from federal taxes
pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in Code
Section
48-1-2, and primarily serves uninsured or indigent Medicaid and Medicare patients;
or
(I) In a health maintenance organization that
has an exclusive contract with a medical group practice and arranges for the
provision of substantially all physician services to enrollees in health
benefits of the health maintenance organization.
(7) A physician assistant may not perform an
abortion or administer, prescribe or issue a drug order that is intended to
cause an abortion to occur pharmacologically.
(8) A physician assistant may not be utilized
to perform the duties of a pharmacist licensed under Title 26, Chapter 4 of the
Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to pharmacists, as now or
hereafter amended.
(9) A physician
assistant may not issue a written prescription for a Schedule II controlled
substance. Provided, however, this does not preclude:
(a) a physician assistant from preparing such
a prescription for administration of a Schedule II controlled substance for
signature by the primary or alternate supervising physician on the date that
the prescription is issued to the patient. Such prescriptions may not be
pre-signed.
(b) A physician
assistant from issuing a written or verbal order for a Schedule II controlled
substance within a health care setting. The supervising or an alternate
supervising physician must co-sign such orders in compliance with any
provisions required by the location where the physician assistant is
practicing.
(10) A
physician assistant does not have the authority to sign death certificates or
assign a percentage of a disability rating.
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