W. Va. Code R. § 11-1B-15 - Identification and Compliance Audits
15.1. Except as otherwise provided by law,
when practicing as a physician assistant, a physician assistant must wear a
name tag in a conspicuous manner which identifies the practitioner as a
physician assistant. An individual may not identify himself or herself as a
physician assistant unless licensed by this Board or the Osteopathic
Board.
15.2. A physician assistant
shall keep his or her license and current practice notification available for
inspection at each of his or her primary places of practice.
15.3. A physician assistant shall notify the
Board in writing of a change in the physician assistant's name or address
within 15 days of the change.
15.4.
The Board may review physician assistant utilization without prior notice to
the physician assistant, the collaborating physician, or the practice setting.
An authorized representative or investigator for the Board may, without prior
notice, enter at any reasonable hour a place of employment or practice of a
physician or physician assistant or into public premises:
15.4.1. For the purpose of an audit to verify
general compliance with the Physician Assistants Practice Act and this
legislative rule; or
15.4.2. To
investigate an allegation or complaint with respect to a collaborating
physician or physician assistant.
15.5. A person may not deny or interfere with
an entry under this section.
15.6.
The Board's representatives may require a physician, physician assistant, or
facility where the physician assistant is employed or practicing to provide
access to records relating to the physician assistant's licensure, employment,
credentialing, practice and medical records of patients seen by the physician
assistant. It is a violation of this rule for a hospital, practice setting,
collaborating physician or a physician assistant to refuse to undergo or
cooperate with a review or audit by the Board.
15.7. The Board's representative shall refer
possible compliance issues to the appropriate Committee of the Board and/or to
any other agency that has jurisdiction over a facility, place of practice or
practitioner.
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