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...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...

...(A) No person shall hold that person out as 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 pe...

...Nothing in this chapter shall: (A) Be construed to affect or interfere with the performance of duties of any medical personnel who are either of the following: (1) In active service in the army, navy, coast guard, marine corps, air force, public health service, or marine hospital service of the United States while so serving; (2) Employed by the veterans administration of the United States while so employed. (B) ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Disaster" means any imminent threat or actual occurrence of widespread or severe damage to or loss of property, personal hardship or injury, or loss of life that results from any natural phenomenon or act of a human. (2) "Emergency" means an occurrence or event that poses an imminent threat to the health or life of a human. (B) Nothing in this chapter prohibits any of the followin...

... (A) 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 comm...

... (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 superv...

...In addition to rules that are specifically required or authorized by this chapter to be adopted, the state medical board may, subject to division (D) of section 4730.06 of the Revised Code, adopt any other rules necessary 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 ad...

...(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 ...

... (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, an individual seeking 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 th...

... In addition to any other eligibility requirement set forth in this chapter, each applicant for a license to practice as a physician assistant shall comply with sections 4776.01 to 4776.04 of the Revised Code.

...(A) To be eligible to receive 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 ...

...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...

...(A) The state medical board shall review each application for 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 applica...

...Upon application by the holder 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 prov...

... (A) An individual who holds a current, valid license issued under 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 b...

... (A) A license issued by the state medical board under section 4730.12 of the Revised Code authorizes the license holder to exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority if the holder meets either of the following requirements: (1) Holds a master's or higher degree described in division (B) of section 4730.11 of the Revised Code; (2) Had prescriptive authority while practicing as a physician assistant in a...

... (A) Before initiating 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 speci...

...(A) A physician assistant licensed under this chapter may perform any of the following services authorized by the supervising physician that are part of the supervising physician's normal course of practice and expertise: (1) Ordering diagnostic, therapeutic, and other medical services; (2) Prescribing physical therapy or referring a patient to a physical therapist for physical therapy; (3) Ordering occupational t...

...(A) As used in this section, "local anesthesia" means the injection of a drug or combination of drugs to stop or prevent a painful sensation in a circumscribed area of the body where a painful procedure is to be performed. "Local anesthesia" includes only local infiltration anesthesia, digital blocks, and pudendal blocks. (B) A physician assistant may administer, monitor, or maintain local anesthesia as a component ...

...(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...

...(A) Acting pursuant 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 t...

... (A) Subject to division (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 heal...

... (A) The 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...

...(A) When performing 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....