(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).