Section 333.17549 - Responsibilities of physician supervising physician's assistant. - Michigan Statutes

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978

333.17549 Responsibilities of physician supervising physician's assistant.

Sec. 17549.

(1) In addition to the other requirements of this section and subject to subsection (5), a physician who supervises a physician's assistant is responsible for all of the following:

(a) Verification of the physician's assistant's credentials.

(b) Evaluation of the physician's assistant's performance.

(c) Monitoring the physician's assistant's practice and provision of medical care services.

(2) Subject to section 17548, a physician who supervises a physician's assistant may delegate to the physician's assistant the performance of medical care services for a patient who is under the case management responsibility of the physician, if the delegation is consistent with the physician's assistant's training.

(3) A physician who supervises a physician's assistant is responsible for the clinical supervision of each physician's assistant to whom the physician delegates the performance of medical care service under subsection (2).

(4) Subject to subsection (5), a physician who supervises a physician's assistant shall keep on file in the physician's office or in the health facility or agency or state correctional facility in which the physician supervises the physician's assistant a permanent, written record that includes the physician's name and license number and the name and license number of each physician's assistant supervised by the physician.

(5) A group of physicians practicing other than as sole practitioners may designate 1 or more physicians in the group to fulfill the requirements of subsections (1) and (4).

(6) Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a physician is not required to countersign orders written in a patient's clinical record by a physician's assistant to whom the physician has delegated the performance of medical care services for a patient.

History: Add. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 512, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005
Popular Name: Act 368