North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 50 - North Dakota Board of Medicine
Article 50-03 - Physician Assistants
Chapter 50-03-01 - Physician Assistants
Section 50-03-01-01.1 - Description and scope of practice of the physician assistant
Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 50-03-01-01.1
Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024
The physician assistant is a medical professional qualified by academic and clinical training to provide patient services, including the diagnosing of illnesses, developing and managing treatment plans, prescribing medications, and often serving as a patient's principal health care provider in collaboration with physicians and other health care providers.
1. A physician assistant may:
a. Provide a legal medical service for which
a physician assistant is prepared by education, training, and experience and is
competent to perform, including:
(1) Obtaining
and performing a comprehensive health history and physical
examination;
(2) Evaluating,
diagnosing, managing, and providing medical treatment;
(3) Ordering and evaluating a diagnostic
study and therapeutic procedure;
(4) Performing a diagnostic study or
therapeutic procedure not involving the use of medical imaging as defined in
North Dakota Century Code section 43-62-01 or radiation therapy as defined in
North Dakota Century Code section 43-62-01;
(5) Performing limited sonography on a
focused imaging target to assess specific and limited information about a
patient's medical condition or to provide real-time visual guidance for another
procedure;
(6) Educating a patient
on health promotion and disease prevention;
(7) Providing consultation upon request;
and
(8) Writing a medical
order;
b. Obtain
informed consent;
c. Supervise,
delegate, and assign therapeutic and diagnostic measures not involving the use
of medical imaging as defined in North Dakota Century Code section 43-62-01 or
radiation therapy as defined in North Dakota Century Code section 43-62-01 to
licensed or unlicensed personnel;
d. Certify the health or disability of a
patient as required by any local, state, or federal program;
e. Authenticate any document with the
signature, certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement of the
physician assistant if the document may be authenticated by the signature,
certification, stamp, verification, affidavit, or endorsement of a physician;
and
f. Pronounce death.
2. A physician assistant:
a. May prescribe, dispense, administer, and
procure drugs and medical devices;
b. May plan and initiate a therapeutic
regimen that includes ordering and prescribing nonpharmacological
interventions, including durable medical equipment, nutrition, blood and blood
products, and diagnostic support services, including home health care, hospice,
and physical and occupational therapy;
c. May prescribe and dispense schedule II
through V substances as designated by the federal drug enforcement
administration and all legend drugs;
d. May not dispense a drug, unless pharmacy
services are not reasonably available, dispensing is in the best interest of
the patient, or an emergency exists;
e. May request, receive, and sign for a
professional sample, and may distribute a professional sample to a patient;
and
f. If prescribing or dispensing
a controlled substance, shall register with the federal drug enforcement
administration and shall comply with appropriate state and federal
laws.
General Authority: NDCC 43-17-02.1
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-17-02.1
.
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