2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.840 Definitions for KRS 311.840 to 311.862.
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311.840 Definitions for KRS 311.840 to 311.862.
As used in KRS 311.840 to 311.862: <br>(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; <br>(2) "Complaint" means a formal administrative pleading that sets forth charges against
a physician assistant and commences a formal disciplinary proceeding;
(3) "Physician assistant" means a person licensed under KRS 311.840 to 311.862 who:
(a) Has graduated from a physician assistant or surgeon assistant program
accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for <br>Physician Assistants or its predecessor or successor agencies and has passed <br>the certifying examination administered by the National Commission on <br>Certification of Physician Assistants or its predecessor or successor agencies; <br>or
(b) Possesses a current physician assistant certificate issued by the board prior to
July 15, 2002;
(4) "Supervising physician" means a physician licensed by the board who supervises
one (1) or more physician assistants;
(5) "Supervising physician in anesthesia" means a physician licensed by the board who
has completed postgraduate training in anesthesiology at an anesthesiology program <br>accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or its <br>equivalent; and
(6) "Supervision" means overseeing the activities of and accepting of responsibility for
the medical services rendered by a physician assistant. Each team of physicians and <br>physician assistants shall ensure that the delegation of medical tasks is appropriate <br>to the physician assistant's level of training and experience, that the identifications <br>of and access to the supervising physician are clearly defined, and that a process for <br>evaluation of the physician assistant's performance is established.
Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 23, effective July 15, 2002.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 11,
provides: "A physician assistant who is certified in Kentucky and in good standing on <br>the effective date of this Act [July 12, 2006] shall automatically be licensed under <br>Sections 1 to 10 of this Act [KRS 311.840, 311.842, 311.844, 311.845, 311.846, <br>311.848, 311.850, 311.852, 311.856, and 311.862] and shall be issued a physician <br>assistant license upon annual renewal."
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