(A) No person shall hold that person out as being able to function as a physician assistant, or use any words or letters indicating or implying that the person is a physician assistant, without a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this chapter.
(B) No person shall practice as a physician assistant without the supervision, control, and direction of a physician.
(C)
No person shall practice as a physician assistant without having entered into a supervision agreement with a supervising physician under section 4730.19 of the Revised Code.
(D) No person acting as the supervising physician of a physician assistant shall authorize the physician assistant to perform services if either of the following is the case:
(1) The services are not within the physician's normal course of practice and expertise;
(2) The services are inconsistent with the supervision agreement under which the physician assistant is being supervised, including, if applicable, the policies of the health care facility in which the physician and physician assistant are practicing.
(E) No person practicing as a physician assistant shall prescribe any drug or device to perform or induce an abortion, or otherwise perform or induce an abortion.
(F) No person shall advertise to provide services as a physician assistant, except for the purpose of seeking employment.
(G) No person practicing as a physician assistant shall fail to wear at all times when on duty a placard, plate, or other device identifying that person as a "physician assistant."
Amended by 131st General Assembly File No. TBD, SB 110, ยง1, eff. 10/15/2015.
Effective Date: 03-05-1996; 05-17-2006
Section: 4730.01 4730.02 4730.021 4730.03 4730.04 4730.05 4730.06 4730.07 4730.08 4730.081 4730.09 4730.091 4730.092 4730.093 4730.10 NextLast modified: October 10, 2016