49 Pa. Code § 18.156 - Monitoring and review of physician assistant utilization
(a) Representatives of the Board will be
authorized to conduct scheduled and unscheduled onsite inspections of the
locations where the physician assistants are utilized during the supervising
physician's office hours to review the following:
(1) Supervision of the physician assistant.
See §§
18.144 and
18.154 (relating to responsibility
of primary supervising physician; and substitute supervising
physician).
(2) Presence of the
written agreement and compliance with its terms. See §
18.142 (relating to written
agreements).
(3) Utilization in
conformity with the act, this subchapter and the written agreement.
(4) Appropriate identification of physician
assistant. See §
18.171 (relating to physician
assistant identification).
(5)
Compliance with licensure and registration requirements. See §§
18.141 and
18.145 (relating to criteria for
licensure as a physician assistant; and biennial registration requirements;
renewal of physician assistant license).
(6) Maintenance of records evidencing patient
and supervisory contact by the supervising physician.
(b) Reports shall be submitted to the Board
and become a permanent record under the supervising physician's registration.
Deficiencies reported will be reviewed by the Board and may provide a basis for
loss of the privilege to maintain a satellite location and disciplinary action
against the physician assistant and the supervising physician.
(c) The Board reserves the right to review
physician assistant utilization without prior notice to either the physician
assistant or the supervising physician. It is a violation of this subchapter
for a supervising physician or a physician assistant to refuse to comply with
the request by the Board for the information in subsection (a).
(d) Additional inspections, including
follow-up inspections may be conducted if the Board has reason to believe that
a condition exists which threatens the public health, safety or
welfare.
Notes
The provisions of this § 18.156 amended under sections 8, 13 and 36 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P. S. §§ 422.8, 422.13 and 422.36).
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