21 N.C. Admin. Code 32S.0215

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 9, November 1, 2024

Section 32S .0215 - RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIMARY SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS IN REGARD TO BACK-UP SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS

(a) The primary supervising physician shall ensure that a supervising physician, either primary or back-up, is accessible for the physician assistant to consult whenever the physician assistant is performing medical acts, tasks, or functions.

(b) A back-up supervising physician shall be licensed to practice medicine by the Board, not prohibited by the Board from supervising a physician assistant, and approved by the primary supervising physician as a person willing and qualified to oversee the medical acts performed by the physician assistant in the absence of the primary supervising physician. A current list of all approved back-up supervising physicians, signed and dated by each back-up supervising physician, the primary supervising physician, and the physician assistant, shall be retained as part of the Supervisory Arrangement.

21 N.C. Admin. Code 32S .0215

Authority G.S. 90-18(c)(13); 90-18.1;
Eff. September 1, 2009;
Amended Eff. May 1, 2015;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. March 1, 2016.

Authority G.S. 90-18(c)(13); 90-18.1;
Eff. September 1, 2009.

Amended by North Carolina Register Volume 29, Issue 23, June 1, 2015 effective 5/1/2015.