32-1456 - Arizona Statutes

32-1456. Medical assistants; use of title; violation; classification A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner: 1. Take body fluid specimens. 2. Administer injections. B. The board by rule may prescribe other medical procedures which a medical assistant may perform under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner on a determination by the board that the procedures may be competently performed by a medical assistant. C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may perform the following tasks: 1. Billing and coding. 2. Verifying insurance. 3. Making patient appointments. 4. Scheduling. 5. Recording a doctor's findings in patient charts and transcribing materials in patient charts and records. 6. Performing visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical. 7. Taking and recording patient vital signs and medical history on medical records. D. The board by rule shall prescribe medical assistant training requirements. E. A person who uses the title medical assistant or a related abbreviation is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless that person is working as a medical assistant under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.