Iowa Admin. Code r. 645-326.8

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 5, September 4, 2024

Rule 645-326.8 - Supervision requirements

(1) Notification requirements. Physician assistants shall use the board-approved forms to notify the board of the identity of their supervising physicians at the following times:

a. Prior to beginning practice in Iowa.

b. At the time of license renewal. The physician assistant shall notify the board of the identity of each of the physician assistant's supervising physicians and of any change in the status of the supervisory relationships during the physician assistant's current biennium. In addition, the physician assistant shall maintain a list of supervising physicians to provide to the board upon request.

c. At the time of license reactivation.

(2) The physician assistant shall maintain documentation of current supervising physicians, which shall be made available to the board upon request.

(3) A physician assistant who provides medical services shall be supervised by one or more physicians; but a physician shall not supervise more than five physician assistants at the same time.

(4) It shall be the responsibility of the physician assistant and a supervising physician to ensure that the physician assistant is adequately supervised. Upon agreeing to supervise a physician assistant, a supervising physician will be advised that the physician's name will be listed with the board as a supervising physician. In regard to scheduling, the physician assistant may not practice if supervision is unavailable, except as otherwise provided in Iowa Code chapter 148C or these rules, and must be in compliance with the requirement that no more than five physician assistants shall be supervised by a physician at the same time, pursuant to subrule 326.8(3). The physician assistant and the supervising physician are each responsible for knowing and complying with the supervision provisions of these rules.

a. Patient care provided by the physician assistant shall be reviewed with a supervising physician on an ongoing basis as indicated by the clinical condition of the patient. Although every chart need not be signed nor every visit reviewed, nor does the supervising physician need to be physically present at each activity of the physician assistant, it is the responsibility of the supervising physician and physician assistant to ensure that each patient has received the appropriate medical care.

b. Patient care provided by the physician assistant may be reviewed with a supervising physician in person, by telephone or by other telecommunicative means.

c. When signatures are required, electronic signatures are allowed if:

(1) The signature is transcribed by the signer into an electronic record and is not the result of electronic regeneration; and

(2) A mechanism exists allowing confirmation of the signature and protection from unauthorized reproduction.

d. When the physician assistant is being trained to perform new medical procedures, the training shall be carried out under the supervision of a physician or another qualified individual. Upon completing the supervised training, a physician assistant may perform the new medical procedures if delegated by a supervising physician, except as otherwise provided in Iowa Code chapter 148C or these rules. New medical procedures may be delegated to a physician assistant after a supervising physician determines that the physician assistant is competent to perform the task.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 645-326.8

ARC 0462C, IAB 11/28/12, effective 1/2/2013