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...The Ohio commercial insurance joint underwriting association shall not be a member insurer of the Ohio insurance guaranty association under Chapter 3955. of the Revised Code.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Physician" means an individual who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. (B) "Health care facility" means any of the following: (1) A hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701.07 of the Revised Code; (2) A health care facility licensed by t...

...s being able to function as a physician assistant, or use any words or letters indicating or implying that the person is a physician assistant, without a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this chapter. (B) No person shall practice as a physician assistant without the supervision, control, and direction of a physician. (C) No person shall practice as a physician assista...

...ds a license to practice as a physician assistant issued under this chapter; (2) An individual licensed or authorized to practice as a physician assistant in another state; (3) An individual credentialed or employed as a physician assistant by an agency, office, or other instrumentality of the federal government. (C) For purposes of the medical care provided by a physician assistant pursuant to division (B)(1) of ...

...) There is hereby created the physician assistant policy committee of the state medical board. The president of the board shall appoint the members of the committee. The committee shall consist of the seven members specified in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section. When the committee is developing or revising policy and procedures for physician-delegated prescriptive authority for physician assistants, the committ...

...(A) The physician assistant policy committee of the state medical board shall review, and shall submit to the board recommendations concerning, all of the following: (1) Requirements for issuing a license to practice as a physician assistant, including the educational requirements that must be met to receive the license; (2) Existing and proposed rules pertaining to the practice of physician assistants, the supervi...

...ary to govern the practice of physician assistants, the supervisory relationship between physician assistants and supervising physicians, and the administration and enforcement of this chapter. Rules adopted under this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.

...A) A license to practice as a physician assistant issued under this chapter authorizes the holder to practice as a physician assistant as follows: (1) The physician assistant shall practice only under the supervision, control, and direction of a physician with whom the physician assistant has entered into a supervision agreement under section 4730.19 of the Revised Code. (2) The physician assistant shall practice i...

...ng a license to practice as a physician assistant shall file with the state medical board a written application on a form prescribed and supplied by the board. The application shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant's name, residential address, business address, if any, and social security number; (2) Satisfactory proof that the applicant meets the age requirement specified in division (A)(1) of s...

...or a license to practice as a physician assistant shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

...ve a license to practice as a physician assistant, all of the following apply to an applicant: (1) The applicant shall be at least eighteen years of age. (2) The applicant shall hold current certification by the national commission on certification of physician assistants or a successor organization that is recognized by the state medical board. (3) The applicant shall meet either of the following requirements:...

...A physician assistant whose certification by the national commission on certification of physician assistants or a successor organization recognized by the state medical board is suspended or revoked shall give notice of that occurrence to the board not later than fourteen days after the physician assistant receives notice of the change in certification status. A physician assistant who fails to renew the certificati...

...or a license to practice as a physician assistant received under section 4730.10 of the Revised Code. Not later than sixty days after receiving a complete application, the board shall determine whether the applicant meets the requirements to receive the license, as specified in section 4730.11 of the Revised Code. (B) If the board determines that an applicant meets the requirements to receive the license, the secre...

...of a license to practice as a physician assistant, the state medical board shall issue a duplicate license to replace one that is missing or damaged, to reflect a name change, or for any other reasonable cause. The fee for a duplicate license shall be thirty-five dollars. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in accordance with section 4731.24 of the Revised Code.

...A) A license to practice as a physician assistant shall be valid for a two-year period unless revoked or suspended, shall expire on the date that is two years after the date of issuance, and may be renewed for additional two-year periods in accordance with this section. A person seeking to renew a license shall apply to the state medical board for renewal prior to the license's expiration date. The board shall provid...

...this chapter to practice as a physician assistant and who retires voluntarily from practice may request that the state medical board place the individual's license on retired status. (B) An individual seeking to have the individual's license placed on retired status shall file with the board an application in the form and manner prescribed by the board. The application shall be submitted before the end of a bienni...

...thority while practicing as a physician assistant in another jurisdiction, in any of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard of any state, or in the United States public health service commissioned corps. (B) A license described in division (D) of section 4730.11 of the Revised Code authorizes the license holder to exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority if, on October 15, 2015, the...

...ng supervision of one or more physician assistants licensed under this chapter, a physician shall enter into a supervision agreement with each physician assistant who will be supervised. A supervision agreement may apply to one or more physician assistants, but, except as provided in division (B)(2)(f) of this section, may apply to not more than one physician. The supervision agreement shall specify that the physicia...

..., and pudendal blocks. (B) A physician assistant may administer, monitor, or maintain local anesthesia as a component of a procedure the physician assistant is performing or as a separate service when the procedure requiring local anesthesia is to be performed by the physician assistant's supervising physician or another person. A physician assistant shall not administer, monitor, or maintain any other form of anest...

...(A) A physician assistant may determine and pronounce an individual's death, but only if the individual's respiratory and circulatory functions are not being artificially sustained and, at the time the determination and pronouncement of death is made, either or both of the following apply: (1) The individual was receiving care in one of the following: (a) A nursing home licensed under section 3721.02 of the Revised...

...to a supervision agreement, a physician assistant may delegate performance of a task to implement a patient's plan of care or, if the conditions in division (C) of this section are met, may delegate administration of a drug. Subject to division (D) of section 4730.03 of the Revised Code, delegation may be to any person. The physician assistant must be physically present at the location where the task is performed or ...

...vision (B) of this section, a physician assistant may sign one or more documents relating to any of the following: (1) The admission of a patient to a health care facility for the purpose of receiving psychiatric or other behavioral health care services on an inpatient basis; (2) The discharge of a patient from a health care facility after receiving inpatient psychiatric or other behavioral health care services; ...

...he supervising physician of a physician assistant exercises supervision, control, and direction of the physician assistant. A physician assistant may practice in any setting within which the supervising physician has supervision, control, and direction of the physician assistant. In supervising a physician assistant, all of the following apply: (1) The supervising physician shall be continuously available for direc...

...orming authorized services, a physician assistant acts as the agent of the physician assistant's supervising physician. The supervising physician is legally responsible and assumes legal liability for the services provided by the physician assistant. The physician is not responsible or liable for any services provided by the physician assistant after their supervision agreement expires or is terminated. (B) When a ...

...to a license to practice as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this chapter.