2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311 - PHYSICIANS, OSTEOPATHS, PODIATRISTS, AND RELATED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS 311.850 Discipline of physician assistants.
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311.850 Discipline of physician assistants.
(1)
The board may revoke, suspend, deny, decline to renew, limit, or restrict the
license of a physician assistant, or may fine, reprimand or place a physician
assistant on probation for no more than five (5) years upon proof that a
physician assistant has:
(a) Knowingly made or presented or caused to be made or presented any
false, fraudulent, or forged statement, writing, certificate, diploma, or other
document relating to an application for licensure;
(b) Practiced, aided, or abetted in the practice of fraud, forgery, deception,
collusion, or conspiracy relating to an examination for licensure;
(c) Been convicted by any court of a misdemeanor offense involving moral
turpitude or been convicted of an act that is or would be a felony under
the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky or of the United States;
(d) Become addicted to or is an abuser of alcohol, drugs, or any illegal
substance;
(e) Developed a physical or mental disability or other condition that presents
a danger in continuing to practice medicine to patients, the public, or other
health care personnel;
(f) Knowingly made or caused to be made or aided or abetted in the making
of a false statement in any document executed in connection with the
practice of medicine or osteopathy;
(g) Performed any act or service as a physician assistant without a
designated supervising physician;
(h) Exceeded the scope of medical services described by the supervising
physician in the applications required under KRS 311.854;
(i) Exceeded the scope of practice for which the physician assistant was
credentialed by the governing board of a hospital or licensed health care
facility under KRS 311.856 and 311.858;
(j) Aided, assisted, or abetted the unlawful practice of medicine or
osteopathy or any healing art, including the unlawful practice of physician
assistants;
(k) Willfully violated a confidential communication;
(l) Performed the services of a physician assistant in an unprofessional,
incompetent, or grossly or chronically negligent manner;
(m) Been removed, suspended, expelled, or placed on probation by any
health care facility or professional society for unprofessional conduct,
incompetence, negligence, or violation of any provision of this section or
KRS 311.858 or 311.862;
(n) Violated any applicable provision of administrative regulations relating to
physician assistant practice;
(o) Violated any term of probation or other discipline imposed by the board;
or
(p) Failed to complete the required number of hours of approved continuing
education.
(2)
All disciplinary proceedings against a physician assistant shall be conducted in
accordance with the provisions of KRS 311.591, 311.592, 311.593, 311.599,
and KRS Chapter 13B and related administrative regulations promulgated
under KRS Chapter 311.
Effective:July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 78, sec. 7, effective July 12, 2006. -- Created
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 130, sec. 28, 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 the effective date of this Act [July 12, 2006] shall automatically
be licensed under Sections 1 to 10 of this Act [KRS 311.840, 311.842, 311.844,
311.845, 311.846, 311.848, 311.850, 311.852, 311.856, and 311.862] and shall
be issued a physician assistant license upon annual renewal."
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