Licensed orthopedic physician assistants shall be under the jurisdiction of the committee on physician assistants created by § 63-19-103 and the board of medical examiners. The committee on physician assistants has the duty to: Promulgate, in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, all rules that are reasonably necessary […]
No person shall claim to be or function as an orthopedic physician assistant unless such person holds a valid orthopedic physician assistant license issued by the board. The board shall license no person as an orthopedic physician assistant unless: The person is a graduate of an orthopedic physician assistant training program deemed adequate by the […]
A licensed orthopedic physician assistant is authorized to perform services only in collaboration with a licensed orthopedic physician or surgeon within the specialty of orthopedic medicine and surgery, or in collaboration with a licensed podiatrist. Collaboration between a collaborating physician and a licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall require active and continuous overview by the collaborating […]
The licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall function in accordance with written policies and procedures involving management of care that have been established by the collaborating physician and the orthopedic physician assistant. With respect to follow-up care rendered in a clinic, hospital, nursing home or patient’s home and in similar situations where a therapeutic regimen, policy […]
A licensed physician who is collaborating with orthopedic physician assistants shall comply with the following practices: No one (1) collaborating physician shall collaborate with more than two (2) licensed orthopedic physician assistants at any one time; More than one (1) physician may collaborate with the same licensed orthopedic physician assistant; The collaborating physician shall designate […]
Any licensed orthopedic physician assistant rendering services inconsistent with this part shall be considered to be practicing medicine without a license and shall be subject to appropriate legal action by the board of medical examiners.
When a licensed orthopedic physician or surgeon utilizes the services of a licensed orthopedic physician assistant inconsistent with this part, it shall constitute grounds for a finding of unprofessional conduct, and the physician shall be subject to disciplinary action by the board of medical examiners. Such disciplinary action may include, but is not limited to, […]
Nothing in this part shall be construed to modify or supersede any existing laws or rules pertaining to any other allied health professionals, professions, or services. Nothing in this part shall permit a licensed orthopedic physician assistant to: Practice chiropractic or analyze or palpate the articulations of the spinal column for the purposes of giving […]
Any person licensed by the board as an orthopedic physician assistant who has retired from such practice in this state shall not be required to biennially renew such person’s license as required by this part, if such person files an affidavit on a form furnished by the board. Such affidavit shall state the date on […]
Any person who holds a valid license from the board of medical examiners under this part may use the title “orthopedic physician assistant” or the abbreviation “OPA-C” or “OPA,” but such person shall not use the title “physician assistant” or the abbreviation “PA” or “PA-C.”
