California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 13.8 - Physician Assistant Board
Article 4 - Practice of Physician Assistants
Section 1399.545 - Supervision Required
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) A supervising physician shall be available in person or by electronic communication at all times when the physician assistant is caring for patients.
(b) A supervising physician shall delegate to a physician assistant only those tasks and procedures consistent with the supervising physician's specialty or usual and customary practice and with the patient's health and condition.
(c) A supervising physician shall observe or review evidence of the physician assistant's performance of all tasks and procedures to be delegated to the physician assistant until assured of competency.
(d) The physician assistant and the supervising physician shall establish in writing transport and back-up procedures for the immediate care of patients who are in need of emergency care beyond the physician assistant's scope of practice for such times when a supervising physician is not on the premises.
(e) A physician assistant and his or her supervising physician shall establish in writing guidelines for the adequate supervision of the physician assistant which shall include one or more of the following mechanisms:
(f) The supervising physician has continuing responsibility to follow the progress of the patient and to make sure that the physician assistant does not function autonomously. The supervising physician shall be responsible for all medical services provided by a physician assistant under his or her supervision.
1. Renumbering
and amendment of former section
1399.522 to section
1399.545 filed 9-20-83; effective
thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 39).
2. Amendment filed
7-12-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
28).
3. Amendment of subsection (e)(3) and repealer of subsection
(g) and relettering filed 1-28-92; operative 2-27-92 (Register 92, No.
12).
4. Change without regulatory effect repealing subsection (f)
and relettering subsections filed 10-12-2010 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2010, No. 42).
5. Change without regulatory
effect amending subsection (e)(4) filed 8-7-2013 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2013, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2018, 3502 and 3510, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 3502 and 3516, Business and Professions Code.