3703 – Statutory Construction.
§ 3703. Statutory construction. A physician assistant may perform any function in conjunction with a medical service lawfully performed by the physician assistant, in any health care setting, that a statute authorizes or directs a physician to perform and that is appropriate to the education, training and experience of the licensed physician assistant and within […]
3700 – Definitions.
§ 3700. Definitions. As used in this article: 1. Physician assistant. The term “physician assistant” means a person who is licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section sixty-five hundred forty-one of the education law. 2. Physician. The term “physician” means a practitioner of medicine licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one […]
3701 – Commissioner; Powers and Duties.
§ 3701. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: 1. to promulgate regulations defining and restricting the duties which may be assigned to physician assistants by their supervising physician, the degree of supervision required and the manner in which such duties may be performed; 2. to conduct and support […]
3702 – Special Provisions.
§ 3702. Special provisions. 1. Inpatient medical orders. A licensed physician assistant employed or extended privileges by a hospital may, if permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the hospital, write medical orders, including those for controlled substances, for inpatients under the care of the physician responsible for his or her supervision. Countersignature of […]