Section 333.17060 - Duties of task force.
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.17060 Duties of task force.
Sec. 17060.
The task force shall:
(a) Promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of its powers and duties and may perform the acts and make the determinations necessary for the proper implementations of those powers and duties.
(b) Promulgate rules to establish the requirements for the education, training, or experience of physician's assistants for licensure in this state. The requirements shall take into account nationally recognized standards for education, training, and experience and the desired utilization of physician's assistants.
(c) Develop and make public guidelines on the appropriate delegation of functions to and supervision of physician's assistants according to the level of education, training, or experience of physician's assistants. The guidelines are not binding, but shall serve to explain how the task force's training criteria coincides with the board's expectation for delegation to and supervision of physician's assistants by physicians.
(d) Direct the department to issue licenses to applicants who meet the requirements of this part and the rules promulgated under this part for practice and use of the title of physician's assistant.
(e) Promulgate rules to establish criteria for the evaluation of programs for the education and training of physician's assistants for the purpose of determining whether graduates of the programs have the knowledge and skills requisite for practice and use of the title physician's assistant in this state as defined by this part and the rules promulgated under this part. The criteria established shall be substantially consistent with nationally recognized standards for the education and training of physician's assistants. Until the criteria are established, the criteria developed by the advisory commission on physician's assistants shall remain in effect. The task force shall consider and may use where appropriate the criteria established by professional associations, education accrediting bodies, or governmental agencies. In establishing criteria for the evaluation of education and training programs, the task force may seek the advice of the boards and the department of education.
(f) Make written recommendations to the boards concerning the rules to be developed for approval by the boards of physicians to supervise physician's assistants, including recommendations for appropriate utilization of physician's assistants by level of preparation where appropriate.
(g) File an annual report with the department and the boards containing matters prescribed by the department and boards.
History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Apr. 1, 1980 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 290, Imd. Eff. Dec. 22, 1986 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990
Popular Name: Act 368
Admin Rule: R 338.6101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.