W. Va. Code R. § 11-1B-11

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 44, November 1, 2024

Section 11-1B-11 - Practice Notifications

11.1. Before a physician assistant may practice in collaboration with physicians, the physician assistant and a health care facility shall file a practice notification with the Board.

11.2. A practice notification shall be completed on a form provided by the Board and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee. The fee for the submission of a practice notification shall be one hundred dollars ($100) until such time as a different fee is established by 11 CSR 4. Practice Notification forms can be found on the Board's website.

11.3. A physician assistant may not commence practice pursuant to a practice notification until the Board provides written notification to the physician assistant and health care facility that a complete practice notification has been filed with the Board. The Board's written notification activates the practice notification and provides the physician assistant with authorization to practice in the identified health care facility or facilities.

11.4. A practice notification shall include:

11.4.1. The full name, license number, preferred mailing address, telephone number, and email address of the physician assistant;

11.4.2. The name and address of each health care facility where the physician assistant will practice pursuant to the practice notification including all locations of the health care facility where the physician assistant customarily or routinely practices;

11.4.3. Verification that the physician assistant meets the qualifications for prescriptive authority;

11.4.4. The name, job title, email address and contact information of the health care facility representative who is responsible for executing the practice notification and ensuring compliance with the provisions of the certification; and

11.4.5. Certification by the physician assistant and the health care facility that:

11.4.5.a. The physician assistant shall practice in collaboration with physicians;

11.4.5.b. The physician assistant shall practice in conformity with the physician assistant's education, training and experience and in accord with the delineation of privileges granted to the physician assistant or other credentialing requirements of the health care facility;

11.4.5.c. The physician assistant holds a license issued by the Board to practice as a physician assistant or an interstate telehealth registration issued by the Board pursuant to W. Va. Code § 30-1-26;

11.4.5.d. The physician assistant meets the requirements for prescriptive authority and shall exercise prescriptive authority in conformity with section 12 of this rule; and

11.4.5.e. The physician assistant shall notify the Board upon the cessation of the physician assistant's practice pursuant to the practice notification.

11.4.6. If a physician assistant who files a practice notification holds a license which is subject to probation or any practice restriction or limitation, the practice notification shall be accompanied by:

11.4.6.a. A description of the physician assistant's practice restrictions or limitations;

11.4.6.b. Certification by the health care facility representative completing the practice notification that the health care facility is aware of all such practice restrictions or limitations;

11.4.6.c. Certification by the physician assistant and the health care facility representative that the physician assistant's practice shall comport with all practice restrictions or limitations.

11.5. A practice notification is complete when it conforms to the requirements of this section and is accompanied by the appropriate fee. The Board may return an incomplete practice notification unprocessed and may request additional information from the health care facility or physician assistant to obtain information necessary to complete the practice notification.

11.6. Upon receipt of a complete practice notification and the appropriate fee, the Board shall provide the physician assistant and health care facility written notice that the physician assistant is authorized to practice in the identified health care facility or facilities.

11.7. A physician assistant with an active practice notification on file with the Board may only practice within the health care facility or facilities identified in the practice notification. If practicing on behalf of the health care facility, a physician assistant may practice at one or more additional locations not included on his or her activated practice notification on an occasional basis not to exceed two days per month per location if the health care facility maintains documentation of the physician assistant's practice at such occasional practice locations and provides such documentation to the Board upon request.

11.8. A physician assistant may list more than one health care facility on a single practice notification if each of the facilities is operated under the same corporate umbrella and the health care facility representative identified in subdivision 11.4.4 of this rule is authorized and responsible for executing the practice notification and ensuring compliance with the provisions of the practice notification certification at every health care facility listed on the practice notification.

11.9. A new practice notification, with the required fee, must be filed for approval by the Board if the physician assistant seeks to practice at a health care facility not listed in an active practice notification.

11.10. A practice notification automatically terminates if:

11.10.1. The physician assistant's license or interstate telehealth registration expires;

11.10.2. The physician assistant ceases practice at the health care facility or facilities listed in the practice notification; or

11.10.3. The physician assistant is no longer credentialed to practice at the health care facility or facilities listed in the practice notification.

11.11. A physician assistant with more than one health care facility location on an active practice notification shall notify the Board within ten days if he or she ceases practicing, or is no longer credentialed to practice, at one of the health care facilities included in the practice notification. The practice notification shall not terminate, but shall no longer authorize practice at the location identified by the physician assistant as a former practice location.

11.12. A health care facility or a physician assistant may terminate a practice notification. A physician assistant shall immediately cease practicing upon the termination of a practice notification. The physician assistant must notify the Board, in writing, within 10 days of the termination of any practice notification.

11.13. A physician assistant may simultaneously practice pursuant to one or more active practice notifications.

W. Va. Code R. § 11-1B-11