2004 Minnesota Statutes

     147A.20 Physician and physician assistant agreement. 

    (a) A physician assistant and supervising physician must 
 sign an agreement which specifies scope of practice and amount 
 and manner of supervision as required by the board.  The 
 agreement must contain: 

    (1) a description of the practice setting; 

    (2) a statement of practice type/specialty; 

    (3) a listing of categories of delegated duties; 

    (4) a description of supervision type, amount, and 
 frequency; and 

    (5) a description of the process and schedule for review of 
 prescribing, dispensing, and administering legend and controlled 
 drugs and medical devices by the physician assistant authorized 
 to prescribe.  

    (b) The agreement must be maintained by the supervising 
 physician and physician assistant and made available to the 
 board upon request.  If there is a delegation of prescribing, 
 administering, and dispensing of legend drugs, controlled 
 substances, and medical devices, the agreement shall include an 
 internal protocol and delegation form.  Physician assistants 
 shall have a separate agreement for each place of employment.  
 Agreements must be reviewed and updated on an annual basis.  The 
 supervising physician and physician assistant must maintain the 
 agreement, delegation form, and internal protocol at the address 
 of record.  Copies shall be provided to the board upon request. 

    (c) Physician assistants must provide written notification 
 to the board within 30 days of the following: 

    (1) name change; 

    (2) address of record change; 

    (3) telephone number of record change; and 

    (4) addition or deletion of alternate supervising physician 
 provided that the information submitted includes, for an 
 additional alternate physician, an affidavit of consent to act 
 as an alternate supervising physician signed by the alternate 
 supervising physician. 

    (d) Modifications requiring submission prior to the 
 effective date are changes to the practice setting description 
 which include: 

    (1) supervising physician change, excluding alternate 
 supervising physicians; or 

    (2) delegation of prescribing, administering, or dispensing 
 of legend drugs, controlled substances, or medical devices. 

    (e) The agreement must be completed and the practice 
 setting description submitted to the board before providing 
 medical care as a physician assistant. 

    HIST: 1995 c 205 art 1 s 19; 2001 c 49 s 2; 2004 c 279 art 2 s 
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