Delaware Administrative Code
Title 24 - Regulated Professions and Occupations
Department of State
Division of Professional Regulation
1700 - Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline
Section 1700-13.0 - Physician Assistants

13.1.1.7.1 The collaborating physician cannot be involved in patient care in name only and must be involved in active patient care on a regular basis. The collaborating physician must be available for consultation, during the patient encounter, to provide advice on the ongoing care of the patient.

13.1.1.7.2 A collaborating physician may not collaborate with more than 4 physician assistants at any given time unless granted an exemption by the Board. This limit does not apply to physician assistants who practice in the same physical office or facility building as the physician. The Board may issue an exemption to increase the number of physician assistants collaborating with a physician upon written application filed by the supervising physician demonstrating good cause for the request. Requests for exemption will be considered on a case-by-case basis. The requesting physician has the burden of demonstrating that the granting of an exemption will not endanger the public health, safety, or welfare.

13.1.1.7.3 Any physician desiring to collaborate with a physician assistant who is not licensed as an acupuncturist and who will perform acupuncture upon a patient shall make a medical evaluation of the patient and determine that acupuncture treatment is medically appropriate prior to the commencing of any acupuncture treatment by a physician assistant. Such evaluation will be made on the patient's initial contact with the physician without referral. A physician assistant employed by a physician for the purpose of administering an acupuncture treatment to patients shall not administer such treatment unless an initial evaluation by the physician has been made. In addition, no subsequent acupuncture treatments of a patient shall occur unless the physician has requested such treatment. No physician shall collaborate with a physician assistant who administers acupuncture treatment to patients unless the physician is proficient in the field of acupuncture and has assured himself that the physician assistant is also proficient in the administration of acupuncture treatment. A physician assistant who administers acupuncture treatment to patients at the direction of a physician shall administer such treatment only within the physical confines of the physician's office at such times when the physician is physically present on the premises and immediately available for consultation.

13.3.1.4.1 PAs must register with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and use such DEA number for controlled substance prescriptions.

13.3.1.4.2 PAs must register biennially with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services in accordance with 16 Del.C. § 4732(a).

13.3.1.5.1 The name and phone number of the prescriber;

13.3.1.5.2 The name and strength of the drug prescribed;

13.3.1.5.3 The quantity of the drug prescribed;

13.3.1.5.4 The directions for the use of the drug;

13.3.1.5.5 Date of issue.