Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 93 - OSTEOPATHS
Subchapter 10 - OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT
Section 16-93-45 - Standards of supervision
Current through February, 2024
The following shall apply to the osteopathic physician's assistants but not those persons, such as nurses and clerical personnel, who provide limited assistance to a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon:
(1) Osteopathic physician's assistant shall be employed by the licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon and the osteopathic physician's assistant shall not charge fees to patients for services;
(2) Care rendered by an osteopathic physician's assistant should be given in the presence of a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon; however, an osteopathic physician's assistant may provide certain medical services to patients without direct supervision where in the physician and surgeon's opinion a patient is not endangered nor where unforseen complications could arise;
(3) Services rendered by an osteopathic physician's assistant shall be those commonly furnished in licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon's office;
(4) An osteopathic physician's assistant shall not be called on to render medical judgments without consent and approval of the licensed physician and surgeon; and
(5) The osteopathic physician's assistant augments and not supplements the care rendered by a licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon.
