2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 20-12e. Petition concerning ability to practice of physician assistant. Notification to department of termination or restriction of privileges of physician assistant.

      Sec. 20-12e. Petition concerning ability to practice of physician assistant. Notification to department of termination or restriction of privileges of physician assistant. (a) The state or county medical or osteopathic medical society or any state professional organization of physician assistants or any physician, physician assistant or holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h or subsection (d) of section 20-12b or any hospital shall within thirty days, and the board or any individual may, file a petition when such society, organization, practitioner, hospital, board or individual has any information that appears to show that a physician assistant is or may be unable to practice as a physician assistant with reasonable skill or safety for any of the reasons listed in section 20-12f. Petitions shall be filed with the department.

      (b) Any health care facility licensed pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-491 which terminates or restricts the staff membership or privileges of any physician assistant or holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 20-12h or subsection (b) of section 20-12b shall, not later than fifteen days after the effective date of such action, notify the department of such action.

      (P.A. 90-211, S. 7, 23; P.A. 95-74, S. 5, 9; 95-271, S. 5, 40; P.A. 99-102, S. 10.)

      History: P.A. 95-74 and P.A. 95-271 amended Subsec. (b) to expand physician assistant notice requirements to holders of temporary and training permits, effective July 1, 1995, and July 6, 1995, respectively; P.A. 95-271 also amended Subsec. (a) to add osteopathic physicians and holders of training and temporary physician assistant permits as persons required to file petitions, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to osteopathic physicians from Subsec. (a).