§ 5-54-24. Requirements relating to professional conduct. The board shall receive and maintain a confidential file which shall be available to the board to precipitate or aid in their investigations. The information shall also be available to licensed healthcare facilities including health-maintenance organizations in connection with the granting of staff privileges and to the individual […]
§ 5-54-25. Communication of information among healthcare facilities. Any licensed healthcare facility, acting by and through its chief executive officer or his or her designee, may upon the request of any other licensed healthcare facility, communicate to the chief executive officer of the requesting facility or his or her designee any and all information available […]
§ 5-54-26. Hospital responsibility to take action based upon adverse information received. (a) Whenever a hospital receives information from the board pursuant to § 5-54-23(3) that indicates that the privileges of a physician assistant or other healthcare professional have been suspended, revoked, or limited at another hospital, the receiving hospital shall within thirty (30) days […]
§ 5-54-27. Participation in disaster and emergency care. A person licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession licensed to practice in other states of the United States or members of the same profession credentialed by a federal employer who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course […]
§ 5-54-28. Participation in charitable and voluntary care. A physician assistant licensed in this state, or licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S. jurisdiction, or who is credentialed by a federal employer or meets the licensure requirements of his or her requisite federal agency as a physician assistant may volunteer to render such […]
§ 5-54-3. Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to services performed in any of the following areas: (1) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene as defined in chapter 31.1 of this title. (2) The practice of chiropractic medicine. (3) The practice of optometry as defined in chapter 35 of this title. […]
§ 5-54-4. Board of licensure — Creation. Within the division of professional regulation established in the department of health pursuant to chapter 26 of this title there is a board of licensure for physician assistants as provided by §§ 5-54-5 — 5-54-7. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 274, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § […]
§ 5-54-5. Board of licensure. (a) The director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint a board consisting of seven (7) persons, residents of the state, to constitute a board of licensure for physician assistants with the duties, powers, and authority as stated in this chapter, and that board […]
§ 5-54-5.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 72, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 358, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 119, § 2, effective June 26, 2004; P.L. 2004, ch. 152, § 2, effective June 26, 2004.
§ 5-54-6. Board of licensure — Organization and meetings — Compensation of members. The board shall elect its own chairperson annually and shall meet at the call of the administrator, the chairperson, or upon the request of two (2) or more members of the board. A quorum shall consist of at least four (4) members […]
§ 5-54-7. Board of licensure — Powers and duties. (a) The board shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter; evaluate the qualifications of applicants; supervise any examination of applicants deemed necessary; recommend to the director the commencement of disciplinary hearings in accordance with chapter 35 of title 42 and the provisions of […]
§ 5-54-7.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 72, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 358, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 2004, ch. 119, § 2, effective June 26, 2004; P.L. 2004, ch. 152, § 2, effective June 26, 2004.
§ 5-54-8. Permitted healthcare practices by physician assistants. (a) Physician assistants shall practice in collaboration with physicians. A physician assistant may provide any medical or surgical services that are within the physician assistant’s skills, education, and training. Whenever any provision of general or public law or regulation requires a signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or […]
§ 5-54-9. Criteria for licensure as a physician assistant. The board shall recommend to the director for licensure as a physician assistant an applicant who: (1) Is of good character and reputation; (2) Graduated from a physician-assistant training program certified by the AMA’s Committee on Allied Health, Education, and Accreditation, its successor, the Commission on […]
§ 5-54-9.1. [Repealed.] History of Section.P.L. 1991, ch. 72, § 2; P.L. 1991, ch. 358, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2011, ch. 44, § 1, effective June 6, 2011; P.L. 2011, ch. 112, § 1, effective June 27, 2011.
