2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.856 Duties of supervising physician.
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311.856 Duties of supervising physician.
A supervising physician shall: <br>(1) Restrict the services of a physician assistant to services within the physician
assistant's scope of practice and to the provisions of KRS 311.840 to 311.862;
(2) Prohibit a physician assistant from prescribing or dispensing controlled substances; <br>(3) Inform all patients in contact with a physician assistant of the status of the physician
assistant;
(4) Post a notice stating that a physician assistant practices medicine or osteopathy in
all locations where the physician assistant may practice;
(5) Require a physician assistant to wear identification that clearly states that he or she
is a physician assistant;
(6) Prohibit a physician assistant from independently billing any patient or other payor
for services rendered by the physician assistant;
(7) If necessary, participate with the governing body of any hospital or other licensed
health care facility in a credentialing process established by the facility;
(8) Not require a physician assistant to perform services or other acts that the physician
assistant feels incapable of carrying out safely and properly;
(9) Maintain adequate, active, and continuous supervision of a physician assistant's
activities to assure that the physician assistant is performing as directed and <br>complying with the requirements of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 and all related <br>administrative regulations;
(10) Sign all records of service rendered by a physician assistant in a timely manner as
certification that the physician assistant performed the services as delegated;
(11) (a) Reevaluate the reliability, accountability, and professional knowledge of a
physician assistant two (2) years after the physician assistant's original <br>licensure in this Commonwealth and every two (2) years thereafter; and
(b) Based on the reevaluation, recommend approval or disapproval of licensure or
renewal to the board; and
(12) Notify the board within three (3) business days if the supervising physician:
(a) Ceases to supervise or employ the physician assistant; or <br>(b) Believes in good faith that a physician assistant violated any disciplinary rule
of KRS 311.840 to 311.862 or related administrative regulations.
Effective: July 12, 2006 <br>History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 9, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 31, 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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Legislative Research Commission Note (7/15/2002). Although 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 130,
sec. 31, subsection (1), has a reference to "Sections 32 to 34 of this Act" (which <br>sections were codified as KRS 311.858 and 311.862) that reference has been codified <br>as KRS 311.840 to 311.862" as the reference to "Sections 32..." was a manifest <br>clerical or typographical error that should have read "Sections 23..." and has been <br>corrected in codification under KRS 7.136(1)(h).
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