(a) No physician assistant may render medical
services nor a permitted task as set forth in this chapter to a patient until
the patient has been informed of the following:
(1) That the physician assistant is not a
physician.
(2) That the physician
assistant may perform the services required as an employee of the physician and
as directed by the supervising physician.
(3) That the patient has the right not to be
treated by the physician assistant if he so desires.
(b) It shall be the supervising physician's
responsibility to ensure that patients are apprised of subsection (a) and it
shall further be his responsibility to be alert to patient complaints
concerning the type or quality of services provided by the physician
assistant.
(c) In the supervising
physician's office and a satellite operation, a notice plainly visible to
patients shall be posted in a prominent place explaining the meaning of the
term "physician assistant." The supervising physician shall display his
registration to supervise the office. The physician assistant's license shall
be prominently displayed in all facilities in which he may function. Duplicate
certificates may be obtained from the Board if required.
(d) The physician assistant shall wear an
identification tag which uses the term "Physician Assistant," in 16 point type
or larger, conspicuously worn.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 25.191 adopted April 23, 1982, effective
4/24/1982, 12 Pa.B. 1332;
amended January 31, 2014, effective 2/1/2014, 44 Pa.B.
589.
The provisions of this § 25.191 issued under
section 506 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
186); and sections 10(h) and 16 of the
Osteopathic Medical Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
271.10(h) and
271.16); amended under
sections 10(f) and (h), 10.1(c), 10.2(f) and 16 of the Osteopathic Medical
Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
271.10(f) and
(h),
271.10a(c), 271.10b(f) and
271.16).
