Section Med 602.03 - Collaboration Agreement(a) Except as provided in RSA 328-D:15, III and RSA 328-D:16, II, a physician assistant shall engage in practice as a physician assistant in this state only if the physician assistant has entered into a written collaboration agreement with a sole practice physician or a physician representing a group or health system so long as the sole practitioner or at least one physician in the group or health system practices in a similar area of medicine as the physician assistant, and is a licensed New Hampshire physician.(b) A collaboration agreement shall include all of the following:(1) Processes for collaboration and consultation with the appropriate physician and other health care professional as indicated based on the patient's condition and the physician assistant's education, training, and experience, and the applicable standards of care;(2) An acknowledgment that the physician assistant's scope of practice shall be limited to medical care that is within the physician assistant's education, training, and experience as outlined in RSA 328-D:3-b, VII-XIII;(3) A statement that although collaboration occurs between the physician assistant and physicians and other health care professionals, a physician shall be accessible for consultation in person, by telephone, or electronic means at all times when a physician assistant is practicing; and(4) The signatures of the physician assistant and the participating physician. No other signatures shall be required.(c) The collaboration agreement shall be updated as necessary.(d) In the event of the unanticipated unavailability of a participating physician practicing as a sole practitioner due to serious illness or death, a physician assistant may continue to practice for not more than a 30-day period without entering into a new collaboration agreement with another participating physician.(e) The collaboration agreement shall be kept on file at the practice and made available to the board upon request.N.H. Code Admin. R. Med 602.03
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