Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 25.176 - Monitoring and review of physician assistant utilization(a) Designated representatives of the Board will be authorized to make on-site visits to the office of registered supervising physicians and medical care facilities utilizing physician assistants to review the following:(1) Supervision of physician assistants.(2) Maintenance of the protocols and compliance with them.(3) Utilization in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter.(4) Identification of physician assistants.(5) Compliance with certification and registration requirements.(b) Reports shall be submitted to the Board and become a permanent record under the supervising physician's registration. Deficiencies reported shall be reviewed by the Board and may provide a basis for disciplinary action against the license of the physician assistant and the license or registration, or both, of the supervising physician.(c) The Board reserves the right to review physician assistant utilization and records associated therewith, including patient records, without prior notice to either the physician assistant or the registered supervising physician. It will be considered a violation of this subchapter for a supervising physician to refuse to undergo a review by the Board.The provisions of this § 25.176 adopted April 23, 1982, effective 4/24/1982, 12 Pa.B. 1332; amended January 31, 2014, effective 2/1/2014, 44 Pa.B. 589.The provisions of this § 25.176 issued under section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 186); and sections 10(h) and 16 of the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act (63 P. S. §§ 271.10(h) and 271.16); amended under sections 10(f) and (h), 10.1(c), 10.2(f) and 16 of the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act (63 P. S. §§ 271.10(f) and (h), 271.10a(c), 271.10b(f) and 271.16).