Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-918 - Physician assistants Washington medical commission
Section 246-918-005 - Definitions

(1) "Commission" means the Washington medical commission.

(2) "Commission approved program" means a physician assistant program accredited by the committee on allied health education and accreditation (CAHEA); the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs (CAAHEP); the accreditation review committee on education for the physician assistant (ARC-PA); or other substantially equivalent organization(s) approved by the commission.

(3) "NCCPA" means National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

(4) "Osteopathic physician" means an individual licensed under chapter 18.57 RCW.

(5) "Physician" means an individual licensed under chapter 18.71 RCW.

(6) "Physician assistant" means a person who is licensed under chapter 18.71A RCW by the commission to practice medicine to a limited extent only under the supervision of a physician or osteopathic physician.

(7) "Practice agreement" means a mutually agreed upon plan, as detailed in WAC 246-918-055, between a supervising physician and physician assistant, which describes the manner and extent to which the physician assistant will practice and be supervised.

(8) "Supervising physician" means any physician or osteopathic physician identified in a practice agreement as providing primary clinical and administrative oversight for a physician assistant.

(9) "Alternate physician" means any physician or osteo-pathic physician who provides clinical oversight of a physician assistant in place of or in addition to the supervising physician.