052-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-4
(a) A physician assistant assists in the practice of medicine under the supervision of a licensed physician. Within the physician/physician assistant relationship, physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a broad range of diagnostic, therapeutic and health promotion and disease prevention services. The physician assistant may perform those duties and responsibilities delegated to him by the supervising physician when the duties and responsibilities are provided under the supervision of a licensed physician approved by the board, are within the scope of the physician's practice and expertise and within the skills of the physician assistant.
(b) The physician assistant may work in the office of the supervising physician where primary practice is maintained and at sites outside that office as directed by the physician.
(c) The physical presence of the supervising physician is not required if the supervising physician and the physician assistant are or can easily be in contact with each other by telephone, radio, or other telecommunications. A physician assistant shall not practice in any capacity if, for any reason, there is not a supervising physician available to properly supervise the physician assistant in his or her professional duties, or is outside a reasonable geographic proximity to the physician assistant's practice location.
(d) The board does not recognize or bestow any level of competency upon a physician assistant to carry out a specific task. Such recognition of skill is the responsibility of the supervising physician. However, a physician assistant is expected to perform with similar skill and competency and to be evaluated by the same standards as the physician in the performance of assigned duties.
(e) Nothing in the act shall be construed to prohibit the employment of a physician assistant by a medical care facility, institution or corporation where such physician assistant functions under the supervision and direction of a physician or group of physicians.
(f) Neither the board nor the advisory council shall deny an application due to the number of physician assistants supervised up to three (3), except for good cause specific to the circumstances of the individual physician supervisor. The board and the advisory council may allow a physician to supervise more than three (3) physician assistants, subject to a showing by the supervising physician that it is appropriate in the circumstances, that all physician assistants under his supervision will have adequate, documented supervision, and that patient care and safety will be protected.
052-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-4
Amended, Eff. 9/10/2015.
Amended, Eff. 2/1/2019.