147A.13 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EXCEPTION.
147A.13 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EXCEPTION.
This subchapter does not restrict a physician assistant, licensed
pursuant to chapter 148C, from staffing an authorized ambulance,
rescue, or first response service if the physician assistant can
document equivalency through education and additional skills training
essential in the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care. The
equivalency shall be accepted when:
1. Documentation has been reviewed and approved at the local
level by the medical director of the ambulance, rescue, or first
response service in accordance with the rules of the board of
physician assistants developed after consultation with the
department.
2. Authorization has been granted to that ambulance, rescue, or
first response service by the department. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 107, § 4; 95 Acts, ch 41, §22; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §85