§ 15-301. License requirements
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth OccupationsEffective: October 1, 2012
Effective: October 1, 2012
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 15-301
§ 15-301. License requirements
(a) Nothing in this title may be construed to authorize a physician assistant to practice independent of a primary or alternate supervising physician.
(b) A license issued to a physician assistant shall limit the physician assistant's scope of practice to medical acts:
(c) Patient services that may be provided by a physician assistant include:
(d)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this title, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice as a physician assistant.
(e) A physician assistant is the agent of the primary or alternate supervising physician in the performance of all practice-related activities, including the oral, written, or electronic ordering of diagnostic, therapeutic, and other medical services.
(f) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, the following individuals may practice as a physician assistant without a license:
(g) A physician may not delegate prescriptive authority to a physician assistant student in a training program that is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its successor.
(h)(1) If a medical act that is to be delegated under this section is a part of the practice of a health occupation that is regulated under this article by another board, any rule or regulation concerning that medical act shall be adopted jointly by the State Board of Physicians and the board that regulates the other health occupation.
Credits
Added as Health Occupations § 14.5-301 by Acts 1986, c. 759, § 1, eff. July 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1988, c. 109, § 1, eff. July 1, 1988. Renumbered as Health Occupations § 15-301 by Acts 1990, c. 6, § 11, eff. Feb. 16, 1990. Amended by Acts 1991, c. 118, § 1, eff. July 1, 1991; Acts 1997, c. 540, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, c. 655, § 1, eff. June 1, 1999; Acts 2002, c. 374, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2003, c. 252, § 10, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2006, c. 540, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2006; Acts 2010, c. 273, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2010, c. 274, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2010; Acts 2012, c. 241, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012; Acts 2012, c. 242, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2012.
MD Code, Health Occupations, § 15-301, MD HEALTH OCCUP § 15-301
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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