2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 45 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Section 45:9-27.18 - Direct supervision required
45:9-27.18. Direct supervision required
9. a. A physician assistant and a temporary licensed physician assistant shall be under the direct supervision of a physician at all times during which the physician assistant or temporary licensed physician assistant is working in his official capacity.
b.In an inpatient setting, direct supervision of a physician assistant shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)continuing or intermittent presence with constant availability through electronic communications;
(2)regularly scheduled review of the practice of the physician assistant; and
(3)personal review by a physician of all charts and records of patients and countersignature by a physician of all medical orders, including prescribing and administering medication, within 24 hours of their entry by the physician assistant.
c.In an outpatient setting, direct supervision of a physician assistant shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)constant availability through electronic communications;
(2)regularly scheduled review of the practice of the physician assistant; and
(3)personal review by a physician of the charts and records of patients and countersignature by a physician of all medical orders, within seven days of their entry by the physician assistant, except that in the case of any medical order prescribing or administering medication, a physician shall review and countersign the order within 48 hours of its entry by the physician assistant.
d.In any setting, direct supervision of a temporary licensed physician assistant shall include, but not be limited to:
(1)continuing physical presence of a physician or a licensed physician assistant;
(2)regularly scheduled review by a physician of the practice of the temporary licensed physician assistant; and
(3)personal review by a physician of all charts and records of patients within 24 hours of an entry by the temporary licensed physician assistant.
L.1991,c.378,s.9; amended 1993, c.337, s.2; 1998, c.125, s.2.
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