W. Va. Code R. § 11-1B-15

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 48, November 27, 2024

Section 11-1B-15 - Identification and Compliance Audits

15.1. Except as otherwise provided by law, when practicing as a physician assistant, a physician assistant must wear a name tag in a conspicuous manner which identifies the practitioner as a physician assistant. An individual may not identify himself or herself as a physician assistant unless licensed by this Board or the Osteopathic Board.

15.2. A physician assistant shall keep his or her license and current practice notification available for inspection at each of his or her primary places of practice.

15.3. A physician assistant shall notify the Board in writing of a change in the physician assistant's name or address within 15 days of the change.

15.4. The Board may review physician assistant utilization without prior notice to the physician assistant, the collaborating physician, or the practice setting. An authorized representative or investigator for the Board may, without prior notice, enter at any reasonable hour a place of employment or practice of a physician or physician assistant or into public premises:

15.4.1. For the purpose of an audit to verify general compliance with the Physician Assistants Practice Act and this legislative rule; or

15.4.2. To investigate an allegation or complaint with respect to a collaborating physician or physician assistant.

15.5. A person may not deny or interfere with an entry under this section.

15.6. The Board's representatives may require a physician, physician assistant, or facility where the physician assistant is employed or practicing to provide access to records relating to the physician assistant's licensure, employment, credentialing, practice and medical records of patients seen by the physician assistant. It is a violation of this rule for a hospital, practice setting, collaborating physician or a physician assistant to refuse to undergo or cooperate with a review or audit by the Board.

15.7. The Board's representative shall refer possible compliance issues to the appropriate Committee of the Board and/or to any other agency that has jurisdiction over a facility, place of practice or practitioner.

W. Va. Code R. § 11-1B-15