Text of Statute

(A) No person shall hold himself or herself out as being able to function as a physician assistant, or use any words or letters indicating or implying that the person is a physician assistant, without a current, valid certificate of registration or temporary certificate of registration as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this chapter.

(B) No person shall practice as a physician assistant without the supervision and direction of a physician.

(C) No physician shall act as the supervising physician of a physician assistant without having received the state medical board's approval of a physician assistant utilization plan and approval of a supervision agreement entered into with the physician assistant.

(D) No person shall practice as a physician assistant without having entered into a supervision agreement that has been approved by the state medical board.

(E) No physician shall authorize a physician assistant to perform services as a physician assistant in a manner that is inconsistent with the standard or supplemental physician assistant utilization plan under which that physician assistant practices.

(F) No person shall practice as a physician assistant in a manner that is inconsistent with the standard or supplemental physician assistant utilization plan approved for the physician who is responsible for supervising the physician assistant.

(G) No physician assistant may advertise, except for the purpose of seeking employment.

(H) No physician assistant shall fail to wear at all times when on duty a placard, plate, or other device identifying himself or herself as a "physician assistant."

HISTORY: RC § 4730.06, 136 v H 663 (Eff 8-31-76); 144 v H 478 (Eff 1-14-93); RC § 4730.02, 146 v S 143. Eff 3-5-96.

Not analogous to former RC § 4730.02 amended and renumbered RC § 4730.22 in 146 v S 143, eff 3-5-96.