Sec. 17501.
(1) As used in this part:
(a) "Electrodiagnostic studies" means the testing of neuromuscular functions utilizing nerve conduction tests and needle electromyography. It does not include the use of surface electromyography.
(b) "Medical care services" means those services within the scope of practice of physicians licensed and approved by the board, except those services that the board determines shall not be delegated by a physician without endangering the health and safety of patients as provided for in section 17548(3).
(c) "Physician" means an individual licensed under this article to engage in the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(d) "Practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery" means a separate, complete, and independent school of medicine and surgery utilizing full methods of diagnosis and treatment in physical and mental health and disease, including the prescription and administration of drugs and biologicals, operative surgery, obstetrics, radiological and other electromagnetic emissions, and placing special emphasis on the interrelationship of the musculoskeletal system to other body systems.
(e) "Practice as a physician's assistant" means the practice of medicine, osteopathic medicine and surgery, and podiatric medicine and surgery performed under the supervision of a physician or podiatrist licensed under this article.
(f) "Supervision" has the meaning ascribed to it in section 16109 except that it includes the existence of a predetermined plan for emergency situations, including, but not limited to, the designation of a physician to supervise a physician's assistant in the absence of the primary supervising physician.
(g) "Task force" means the joint task force created in section 17025.
(2) In addition to the definitions in this part, article 1 contains general definitions and principles of construction applicable to all articles in the code and part 161 contains definitions applicable to this part.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 264, Eff. Mar. 30, 2006 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006
Last modified: October 10, 2016