California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 13.8 - Physician Assistant Board
Article 4 - Practice of Physician Assistants
Section 1399.546 - Reporting of Physician Assistant Supervision
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) Each time a physician assistant provides care for a patient and enters his or her name, signature, initials, or computer code on a patient's record, chart or written order, the physician assistant shall also record in the medical record for that episode of care the supervising physician who is responsible for the patient. When a physician assistant transmits an oral order, he or she shall also state the name of the supervising physician responsible for the patient.
(b) If the electronic medical record software used by the physician assistant is designed to, and actually does, enter the name of the supervising physician for each episode of care into the patient's medical record, such automatic entry shall be sufficient for compliance with this recordkeeping requirement.
1. New section
filed 1-4-87; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 87, No.
3).
2. Change without regulatory effect filed 2-5-91 pursuant to
section 100, Title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 91, No. 11).
3. Change without regulatory
effect amending section filed 3-3-2005 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2005, No. 9).
4. Amendment filed 6-12-2017;
operative 10-1-2017 (Register 2017, No. 24).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 2018 and 3510, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 3502, Business and Professions Code.
