Maryland Health Occupations Section 15-302.2

      (a)      A supervising physician may not delegate prescribing and administering of controlled dangerous substances, prescription drugs, or medical devices unless the supervising physician and physician assistant include in the delegation agreement:

            (1)      A notice of intent to delegate prescribing of controlled dangerous substances, prescription drugs, or medical devices;

            (2)      An attestation that all prescribing activities of the physician assistant will comply with applicable federal and State regulations;

            (3)      An attestation that all medical charts or records:

                  (i)      Will contain a notation of any prescriptions written by a physician assistant in accordance with this section; and

                  (ii)      Will be reviewed and cosigned by the supervising physician within a period reasonable and appropriate to the practice setting and consistent with current standards of acceptable medical practice;

            (4)      An attestation that all prescriptions written under this section will include the physician assistant's name and the supervising physician's name, business address, and business telephone number legibly written or printed;

            (5)      Evidence demonstrating:

                  (i)      Passage of the physician assistant national certification exam administered by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants within the previous 2 years; or

                  (ii)      Successful completion of 8 category 1 hours of pharmacology education within the previous 2 years; and

            (6)      Evidence demonstrating:

                  (i)      A bachelor's degree or its equivalent;

                  (ii)      2 years of work experience as a physician assistant; or

                  (iii)      Prior approval by the Board of a delegation agreement, including approval for writing medication orders.

      (b)      (1)      A supervising physician may not delegate the prescribing of substances that are identified as Schedule I controlled dangerous substances under § 5-402 of the Criminal Law Article.

            (2)      A supervising physician may not delegate the prescribing of controlled dangerous substances to a physician assistant unless the physician assistant has a valid:

                  (i)      State controlled dangerous substance registration; and

                  (ii)      Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration.