Osteopathic physician’s assistant: Scope of authorized activities.
1. An osteopathic physician’s assistant may perform such medical services as the Board has authorized, if those services are performed under the supervision of an employing osteopathic physician. The services authorized must pertain to the practice of osteopathic medicine and not to the practice of any other healing art regulated in this state or to the business of selling and fitting hearing aids.
2. The Board shall limit the authority of an osteopathic physician’s assistant to prescribe controlled substances to those schedules of controlled substances which his supervising osteopathic physician is authorized to prescribe pursuant to state and federal law.
3. NRS 633.741 does not prevent the service of an osteopathic physician’s assistant when his service is approved as provided in this chapter.
Last modified: February 27, 2006