Section 4730.02 | Prohibited acts.
(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 person shall practice as a physician assistant without having entered into a supervision agreement with a supervising physician under section 4730.19 of the Revised Code.
(D) No person acting as the supervising physician of a physician assistant shall authorize the physician assistant to perform services if either of the following is the case:
(1) The services are not within the physician's normal course of practice and expertise;
(2) The services are inconsistent with the supervision agreement under which the physician assistant is being supervised, including, if applicable, the policies of the health care facility in which the physician and physician assistant are practicing.
(E) No person practicing as a physician assistant shall prescribe any drug or device to perform or induce an abortion, or otherwise perform or induce an abortion.
(F) No person shall advertise to provide services as a physician assistant, except for the purpose of seeking employment.
(G) No person practicing as a physician assistant shall fail to wear at all times when on duty a placard, plate, or other device identifying that person as a "physician assistant."
Available Versions of this Section
- May 17, 2006 – Senate Bill 154 - 126th General Assembly [ View May 17, 2006 Version ]
- October 15, 2015 – Senate Bill 110 - 131st General Assembly [ View October 15, 2015 Version ]
- March 22, 2019 – Amended by House Bill 541 - 132nd General Assembly [ View March 22, 2019 Version ]
- October 17, 2019 – Amended by House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly [ View October 17, 2019 Version ]