147A.13 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EXCEPTION. - Iowa Statutes

147A.13 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EXCEPTION. This subchapter does not restrict a physician assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 148C, from staffing an authorized ambulance, rescue, or first response service if the physician assistant can document equivalency through education and additional skills training essential in the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care. The equivalency shall be accepted when: 1. Documentation has been reviewed and approved at the local level by the medical director of the ambulance, rescue, or first response service in accordance with the rules of the board of physician assistants developed after consultation with the department. 2. Authorization has been granted to that ambulance, rescue, or first response service by the department.          Section History: Recent Form 93 Acts, ch 107, § 4; 95 Acts, ch 41, §22; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §85