Current through Vol. 41, No. 13, March 15, 2024
(a)
Prohibited acts. No person shall:
(1) fraudulently or deceptively obtain or
attempt to obtain a license;
(2)
fraudulently or deceptively use a license;
(3) act contrary to this chapter 15, the
Physician Assistant Act, or other laws or regulations governing licensed health
professionals or any stipulation or agreement of the board;
(4) violate any provision of the Medical
Practice Act or the rules promulgated by the Board.
(b)
Grounds for action. The
board may take an action under subsection (c) when a person:
(1) acts contrary to subsection
(a);
(2) is convicted of a
felony;
(3) is a habitual user of
intoxicants or drugs to such an extent that he or she is unable to safely
practice as a physician assistant;
(4) has been adjudicated as mentally
incompetent;
(5) is physically or
mentally unable to engage safely in practice as a physician
assistant;
(6) is negligent in
practice as a physician assistant or demonstrates professional
incompetence;
(7) violates patient
confidentiality, except as required by law;
(8) engages in conduct likely to deceive,
defraud or harm the public;
(9)
engages in unprofessional or immoral conduct;
(10) prescribes, sells, administers,
distributes, orders or gives away any drug classified as a controlled substance
for other than medically accepted therapeutic purposes;
(11) has committed an act of moral
turpitude;
(12) is disciplined or
has been disciplined by another state or jurisdiction based upon acts or
conduct similar to acts or conduct that would constitute grounds for
disciplinary action as defined in this section;
(13) fails to cooperate with an investigation
conducted by the board; or
(14)
represents himself or herself as a physician.
(c)
Actions. The board, on
finding grounds exist under subsection (b) and pursuant to the Administrative
Procedures Act, 75 O.S. §
250
et seq., may:
(1) refuse to
grant a license;
(2) administer a
public or private reprimand;
(3)
revoke, suspend, limit or otherwise restrict a license;
(4) require a physician assistant to submit
to the care or counseling or treatment of a health professional designated by
the board;
(5) impose corrective
measures;
(6) impose a civil
penalty or fine;
(7) suspend
enforcement of its finding thereof and place the physician assistant on
probation with the right to vacate the probationary order for noncompliance;
or
(8) restore or reissue, at its
discretion, a license, and remove any disciplinary or corrective measure that
it may have imposed.
(d)
The board may prohibit a physician who willfully and knowingly allows or
participates with a physician assistant who acted contrary to this chapter 15
from supervising a physician assistant.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
4377, eff 7-27-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2331, eff 5-26-94; Amended
at 15 Ok Reg 2022, eff 5-26-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 378, eff 10-6-98
(emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1214, eff 5-14-99; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 2303,
eff 6-28-02
