La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-1505

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-1505 - Necessity for License; Registration of Prescriptive Authority

1. No person may act as or undertake to perform the functions of a physician assistant unless he has in his personal possession a current physician assistant license issued to him under this Chapter.

2. A physician assistant currently licensed by the board shall not prescribe medication or medical devices unless his registration for prescriptive authority has been approved by the board in accordance with this Chapter.

B. Any person who acts or undertakes to perform the functions of a physician assistant without a current physician assistant license issued under this Chapter, or prescribes medication or medical devices without or beyond registration of such authority approved by the board, shall be deemed to be engaging in the practice of medicine; provided, however, that none of the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to:

1. any physician assistant employed by the federal government while performing duties incidental to that employment;

2. practitioners of allied health fields, duly licensed, certified, or registered under other laws of this state, when practicing within the scope of such license, certificate or registration;

3. any physician assistant student enrolled in a physician assistant educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, its predecessors or successor; provided, however, that a physician assistant student shall not prescribe legend drugs or medical devices or be eligible for registration of prescriptive authority; and

4. a physician assistant administering medical services in cases of emergency.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-1505

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 4:109 (April 1978), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 17:1102 (November 1991), LR 22:201 (March 1996), LR 25:28 (January 1999), LR 31:74 (January 2005), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 431175 (6/1/2017).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270(B)(6), 37:1360.23(D) and (F), 37:1360.31(B)(8).