Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 61-6C-6 - Physician assistant collaboration with licensed physicians; scope of practice; medical malpractice insuranceA. A physician assistant may perform the acts and duties that are within the physician assistant's scope of practice in collaboration with a licensed physician, if the physician assistant has:(1) completed three years of clinical practice as a physician assistant with the supervision of a licensed physician; and(2) complied with rules adopted by the board establishing qualifications for when a physician assistant may engage in the practice of medicine in collaboration with a licensed physician.B. A physician assistant practicing in collaboration with a licensed physician shall, at a minimum, maintain a policy of malpractice liability insurance that will qualify the physician assistant under the provisions of the Medical Malpractice Act [Chapter 41, Article 5 NMSA 1978].Renumbered from § 61-6-7.4 by 2022, c. 39,s. 105, eff. 5/18/2022.Added by 2017, c. 103,s. 6, eff. 6/16/2017.