1999 Minnesota Statutes

     147A.23 Responding to disaster situations. 

    (a) A registered physician assistant or a physician 
 assistant duly licensed or credentialed in a United States 
 jurisdiction who is responding to a need for medical care 
 created by a state or local disaster may render such care as the 
 physician assistant is able to provide, under the physician 
 assistant's license, registration, or credential, without the 
 need of a physician and physician assistant agreement as 
 required under section 147A.20.  Physician supervision, as 
 required under section 147A.09, must be provided under the 
 direction of an emergency medical director in accordance with 
 rules adopted by the emergency medical services regulatory board 
 under section 144E.16.  The physician assistant must establish a 
 temporary supervisory agreement with an emergency medical 
 director before rendering care. 

    (b) The physician who provides supervision to a physician 
 assistant while the physician assistant is rendering care in a 
 disaster in accordance with this section may do so without 
 meeting the requirements of section 147A.20. 

    (c) The supervising physician who otherwise provides 
 supervision to a physician assistant under a physician and 
 physician assistant agreement described in section 147A.20 shall 
 not be held medically responsible for the care rendered by a 
 physician assistant pursuant to paragraph (a).  Services 
 provided by a physician assistant under paragraph (a) shall be 
 considered outside the scope of the relationship between the 
 supervising physician and the physician assistant. 

    HIST: 1999 c 226 s 1