2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 37 - (3700 - 3703) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
3702 - Special provisions.

 
    §  3702.  Special  provisions. 1. Inpatient medical orders. A licensed
  physician assistant employed or extended privileges by a  hospital  may,
  if  permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the hospital,
  write medical orders, including those  for  controlled  substances,  for
  inpatients  under  the  care of the physician responsible for his or her
  supervision. Countersignature of such orders may be required  if  deemed
  necessary  and appropriate by the supervising physician or the hospital,
  but in no event shall countersignature be required prior to execution.
    2. Withdrawing blood. A  licensed  physician  assistant  or  certified
  nurse practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may
  supervise  and  direct  the  withdrawal  of  blood  for  the  purpose of
  determining the alcoholic or drug content therein under subparagraph one
  of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  four  of  section  eleven   hundred
  ninety-four   of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  notwithstanding  any
  provision to the contrary in clause (ii) of such subparagraph.
    3. Prescriptions  for  controlled  substances.  A  licensed  physician
  assistant,  in  good  faith and acting within his or her lawful scope of
  practice,  and  to  the  extent  assigned  by  his  or  her  supervising
  physician,  may  prescribe controlled substances as a practitioner under
  article thirty-three of this chapter, to patients under the care of such
  physician responsible for his or her supervision. The  commissioner,  in
  consultation  with  the  commissioner  of education, may promulgate such
  regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.