2007 Minnesota Statutes

147A.17 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ACCOUNTABILITY.
    Subdivision 1. Investigation. The board shall maintain and keep current a file containing the
reports and complaints filed against physician assistants in the state. Each complaint filed with
the board pursuant to section 214.10, subdivision 1, shall be investigated according to section
214.10, subdivision 2.
Whenever the files maintained by the board show that a medical malpractice settlement or
award to the plaintiff has been made against a physician assistant as reported by insurers pursuant
to this chapter, the executive director of the board shall notify the board and the board may
authorize a review of the physician assistant's practice.
    Subd. 2. Attorney general investigation. When the board initiates a review of a physician
assistant's practice, it shall notify the attorney general who shall investigate the matter in the same
manner as provided in section 214.10. If an investigation is to be made, the attorney general
shall notify the physician assistant, and, if the incident being investigated occurred there, the
administrator and chief of staff at the medical care facilities in which the physician assistant serves.
    Subd. 3. Access to hospital records. The board shall have access to hospital and medical
records of a patient treated by the physician assistant under review if the patient signs a written
consent form permitting such access. If no consent form has been signed, the hospital or physician
assistant shall first delete data in the record which identifies the patient before providing it to
the board.
History: 1995 c 205 art 1 s 16