45:9-27.18 - Direct supervision required - New Jersey Statutes

45:9-27.18.  Direct supervision required
9. a. A physician assistant and a temporary licensed physician assistant shall be under the direct supervision of a physician at all times during which the physician assistant or temporary licensed physician assistant is working in his official capacity.

b.In an inpatient setting, direct supervision of a physician assistant shall include, but not be limited to:

(1)continuing or intermittent presence with constant availability through electronic communications;

(2)regularly scheduled review of the practice of the physician assistant; and

(3)personal review by a physician of all charts and records of patients and countersignature by a physician of all medical orders, including prescribing and administering medication, within 24 hours of their entry by the physician assistant.

c.In an outpatient setting, direct supervision of a physician assistant shall include, but not be limited to:

(1)constant availability through electronic communications;

(2)regularly scheduled review of the practice of the physician assistant; and

(3)personal review by a physician of the charts and records of patients and countersignature by a physician of all medical orders, within seven days of their entry by the physician assistant, except that in the case of any medical order prescribing or administering medication, a physician shall review and countersign the order within 48 hours of its entry by the physician assistant.

d.In any setting, direct supervision of a temporary licensed physician assistant shall include, but not be limited to:

(1)continuing physical presence of a physician or a licensed physician assistant;

(2)regularly scheduled review by a physician of the practice of the temporary licensed physician assistant; and

(3)personal review by a physician of all charts and records of patients within 24 hours of an entry by the temporary licensed physician assistant.

L.1991,c.378,s.9; amended 1993, c.337, s.2; 1998, c.125, s.2.