2021 Tennessee Code
Title 63 - Professions of the Healing Arts
Chapter 19 - Physician Assistants
Part 2 - Orthopedic Physician Assistants
§ 63-19-205. Practices of Collaborating Physician

A licensed physician who is collaborating with orthopedic physician assistants shall comply with the following practices:

1. No one (1) collaborating physician shall collaborate with more than two (2) licensed orthopedic physician assistants at any one time;


2. More than one (1) physician may collaborate with the same licensed orthopedic physician assistant;


3. The collaborating physician shall designate one (1) or more alternate physicians who have agreed to accept the responsibility of collaborating with the orthopedic physician assistant on a prearranged basis in the absence of the collaborating physician;


4. The licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall render services and care commensurate with such orthopedic assistant's education, training and experience;


5. The licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall not make any definitive diagnosis or prescribe any treatment program independent of the collaborating physician;


6. Pre-signed prescriptions shall not be used by the licensed orthopedic physician assistant. Medications dispensed by the licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall be approved by the collaborating physician; and


7. The patient of any physician receiving services from a licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall be fully informed that the individual is a licensed orthopedic physician assistant and/or a sign shall be conspicuously placed within the office of the physician indicating that certain services may be rendered by a licensed orthopedic physician assistant.