148C.4 - SERVICES PERFORMED BY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
148C.4 SERVICES PERFORMED BY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
1. A physician assistant may perform medical services when the
services are rendered under the supervision of a physician. A
physician assistant student may perform medical services when the
services are rendered within the scope of an approved program. For
the purposes of this section, "medical services when the services
are rendered under the supervision of a physician" includes making
a pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated if
the death occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care
facility, a Medicare-certified home health agency, or a
Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, with notice of the
death to a physician and in accordance with the directions of a
physician.
2. a. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a physician assistant
licensed pursuant to this chapter or authorized to practice in any
other state or federal jurisdiction who voluntarily and gratuitously,
and other than in the ordinary course of the physician assistant's
employment or practice, responds to a need for medical care created
by an emergency or a state or local disaster may render such care
that the physician assistant is able to provide without supervision
as described in this section or with such supervision as is
available.
b. A physician who supervises a physician assistant providing
medical care pursuant to this subsection shall not be required to
meet the requirements of rules adopted pursuant to section 148C.3,
subsection 2, relating to supervision by physicians. A physician
providing physician assistant supervision pursuant to this subsection
or a physician assistant, who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other
than in the ordinary course of the physician assistant's employment
or practice, responds to a need for medical care created by an
emergency or a state or local disaster shall not be subject to
criminal liability by reason of having issued or executed the orders
for such care, and shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or
omissions relating to the issuance or execution of the orders unless
the acts or omissions constitute recklessness. Section History: Early Form
[C73, 75, 77, 79, § 148B.4; C81, § 148C.4] Section History: Recent Form
88 Acts, ch 1225, §18; 2001 Acts, ch 113, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 93,
§10, 14; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263