Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-03-.01 - DEFINITIONS
As used in these rules, the following terms and acronyms shall have the following meaning ascribed to them:
(1) A.A.P.A. - American Academy of Physician
Assistants.
(2) Advertising -
Informational communication to the public in any manner to attract attention to
the practice as a Physician Assistant. Includes, but is not limited to business
solicitation, with or without limiting qualifications, in a card, sign, or
device issued to a person; in a sign or marking, in or on any building; or in
any newspaper, magazine, directory, or other printed matter. Advertising also
includes business solicitations communicated by individual, radio, video, or
television broadcasting or other means designed to secure public
attention.
(3) A.M.A. - American
Medical Association.
(4) Applicant
- Any individual seeking licensure by the Committee who has submitted an
official application and paid the application fee.
(5) A.R.C.-P.A. - The Accreditation Review
Committee on Education for the Physician Assistant or its successor
organization, which is the successor organization to C.A.A.H.E.P. for physician
assistant education accreditation.
(6) Board - Tennessee Board of Medical
Examiners.
(7) C.A.A.H.E.P. - The
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or its
successor organization, which is the successor organization to
C.A.H.E.A.
(8) C.A.H.E.A. - The
Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical
Association or its successor accrediting agency.
(9) Closed Files - An administrative action
which renders an incomplete or denied file inactive.
(10) Committee - The Committee on Physician
Assistants (C.O.P.A.).
(11)
Committee Administrative Office - The office of the administrator assigned to
the Committee located on the 227 French Landing, Suite 300, Heritage Place,
MetroCenter, Nashville, TN 37243.
(12) Committee Designee - Any person who has
received a written delegation of authority from the Committee to perform
Committee functions subject to review and ratification by the Committee and the
Board where provided by these rules.
(13) Consultant - Any person who has received
a delegation of authority from the Committee to perform Committee functions
subject to review and ratification by the Committee and Board where provided by
these rules.
(14) Department -
Tennessee Department of Health.
(15) Division - The Division of Health
Related Boards, Tennessee Department of Health, from which the Committee
receives administrative support.
(16) FCVS - The Federation Credentials
Verification Service which is a service offered by the Federation of State
Medical Boards that provides primary source identification and verification of
physician assistant core credentials as required in licensure applications by
the states.
(17) Fee - Money,
gifts, services, or anything of value offered or received as compensation in
return for rendering services; also, the required application fees.
(18) Formulary - A list of legend and
non-legend drugs arranged by therapeutic categories, included in the protocols,
that are approved to be prescribed and/or issued by a physician assistant,
which may include controlled substances listed in Schedules II, III, IV and V
of Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 4.
(19) Good Moral Character - The quality of
being well regarded in professional ethics.
(20) Graduate - An individual who has
graduated from an accredited P.A. program whose transcript shows that
graduation has been completed.
(21)
He/she Him/her - When "he" appears in the text of these rules, the word
represents both the feminine and masculine genders.
(22) HRB - Health Related Boards.
(23) License - The document issued by the
Committee to an applicant who has completed the licensure process.
(24) N.C.C.P.A - National Commission on the
Certification of Physician Assistants.
(25) P.A. - Physician Assistant.
(26) Person - Any individual, firm,
corporation, partnership, organization, or body politic.
(27) Physician - Any physician licensed
pursuant to T.C.A. Title 63, Chapters 6 or 9.
(28) Supervising physician - a licensed and
actively practicing physician who has been identified as accepting
responsibility for supervising a physician assistant
(29) T.A.P.A. - Tennessee Academy of
Physician Assistants.
(30) Use of
Title or Description - To hold oneself out to the public as having a particular
status by means of stating on signs, mailboxes, address plates, telephone
listings, stationery, announcements, business cards, or other means of
professional identification.
(31)
Written Evidence - Includes, but is not limited to, written verification from
supervisors or other professional colleagues familiar with the applicant's
work.
(32) Written Protocol - A
jointly developed written statement by the supervising physician and physician
assistant. Includes, but not limited to, problems and conditions likely to be
encountered by the physician assistant and the appropriate treatment for these
problems and conditions. This protocol will establish a practice specific range
of approved tasks, problems, and conditions, including prescribing of any
medications if delegated. These protocols shall be signed by both the
supervising physician and the physician assistant and reviewed at least every
two (2) years.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-1-107, 63-6-101, 63-19-104, 63-19-105, and Public Chapter 33, Public Acts of 1999.
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