2014 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 45 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Section 45:9-27.17 - Physician's responsibility for assistant
45:9-27.17. Physician's responsibility for assistant
8. a. A physician may delegate to a physician assistant under his supervision only those procedures identified in section 7 of this act.
b. Any physician who permits a physician assistant under his supervision to practice contrary to the provisions of this act shall be deemed to have engaged in professional misconduct in violation of subsection e. of section 8 of P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-21) and shall be subject to disciplinary action by the board pursuant to P.L.1978, c.73 (C.45:1-14 et seq.);
c. In the performance of a medical procedure, a physician assistant shall be conclusively presumed to be the agent of the physician under whose supervision the physician assistant is performing.
L.1991,c.378,s.8.
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