37-20-403. Physician assistant-certified as agent of supervising physician. (1) In establishing protocol, a physician assistant-certified must be considered the agent of the supervising physician with regard to all duties delegated to the physician assistant-certified under the utilization plan. A health care provider shall consider the instructions of a physician assistant-certified as being the instructions of the supervising physician as long as the instructions concern the duties delegated to the physician assistant-certified under the utilization plan.
     (2) The supervising physician and the physician assistant-certified are responsible for making available a copy of the approved utilization plan to all other health care practitioners with whom they reasonably believe they will interact on a regular basis.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 97, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 429, L. 1995.