148C.1 - DEFINITIONS.
148C.1 DEFINITIONS.
1. "Approved program" means a program for the education of
physician assistants which has been accredited by the American
medical association's committee on allied health education and
accreditation or its successor, by the commission on accreditation of
allied health educational programs or its successor, or by the
accreditation review commission on education for the physician
assistant or its successor.
2. "Board" means the board of physician assistants created
under chapter 147.
3. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
4. "Licensed physician assistant" means a person who is
licensed by the board to practice as a physician assistant under the
supervision of one or more physicians. "Supervision" does not
require the personal presence of the supervising physician at the
place where medical services are rendered except insofar as the
personal presence is expressly required by this chapter or required
by rules of the board adopted pursuant to this chapter.
5. "Physician" means a person who is currently licensed in
Iowa to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and
surgery. Notwithstanding this subsection, a physician supervising a
physician assistant practicing in a federal facility or under federal
authority shall not be required to obtain licensure beyond licensure
requirements mandated by the federal government for supervising
physicians.
6. "Physician assistant" means a person who has successfully
completed an approved program and passed an examination approved by
the board or is otherwise found by the board to be qualified to
perform medical services under the supervision of a physician.
7. "Trainee" means a person who is currently enrolled in an
approved program. Section History: Early Form
[C73, 75, 77, 79, § 148B.1; C81, § 148C.1] Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1225, §15; 2003 Acts, ch 93, §6--8, 14; 2004 Acts, ch
1101, §23; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §105; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §141
Referred to in § 135.17, 321J.11, 462A.14A