OAR 847-050-0037
Supervision
(1)
A physician may not use the services of a physician assistant without first obtaining Board approval as a supervising physician.(2)
The supervising physician, agent, or in the case of a supervising physician organization, the primary supervising physician and the supervising physician who is providing supervision for the physician assistant, are personally responsible for the direction, supervision and regular review of the medical services provided by the physician assistant, in keeping with the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description.(3)
The type of supervision and maintenance of supervision provided for each physician assistant must be described in the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description.(4)
The supervising physician, agent or, in the case of a supervising physician organization, the supervising physician who is providing supervision for the physician assistant must be available for direct communication with the physician assistant at all times in person, by telephone, or through other synchronous electronic means, whether the supervising physician and physician assistant practice in the same practice location or a practice location separate from each other.(5)
Intentionally left blank —Ed.(a)
Each setting and licensed facility in which the physician assistant will provide services must be listed in the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description.(b)
Additional, intermittent practice settings such as schools, sporting events, health fairs and long term care facilities, are not required to be listed in the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description if the duties are the same as those listed in the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description. The medical records for the patients seen at these additional practice settings must be held either at the supervising physician’s primary practice setting or the additional practice settings. The supervision of the physician assistant must be the same as that described in the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description.(6)
The supervising physician, agent or the supervising physicians in the supervising physician organization must:(a)
Provide a minimum of eight (8) hours of on-site supervision every month, or as approved by the Board; and(b)
Provide chart review of a number or a percentage of the patients the physician assistant has seen as stated in the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description.(7)
The supervising physician may limit the degree of independent judgment that the physician assistant uses but may not extend it beyond the limits of the practice agreement or Board-approved practice description.
Source:
Rule 847-050-0037 — Supervision, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=847-050-0037.