Section 333.17074 - Prohibited undertakings, representations, and services by physician's assistant; permissible services; acting under supervision of supervising podiatrist.

PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978

333.17074 Prohibited undertakings, representations, and services by physician's assistant; permissible services; acting under supervision of supervising podiatrist.

Sec. 17074.

(1) A physician's assistant shall not undertake or represent that he or she is qualified to undertake provision of a medical care service that he or she knows or reasonably should know to be outside his or her competence or is prohibited by law.

(2) A physician's assistant shall not:

(a) Perform acts, tasks, or functions to determine the refractive state of a human eye or to treat refractive anomalies of the human eye, or both.

(b) Determine the spectacle or contact lens prescription specifications required to treat refractive anomalies of the human eye, or determine modification of spectacle or contact lens prescription specifications, or both.

(3) A physician's assistant may perform routine visual screening or testing, postoperative care, or assistance in the care of medical diseases of the eye under the supervision of a physician.

(4) A physician's assistant acting under the supervision of a podiatrist shall only perform those duties included within the scope of practice of that supervising podiatrist.


History: 1978, Act 368, Eff. Sept. 30, 1978 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 247, Imd. Eff. Oct. 12, 1990 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 161, Eff. Nov. 26, 2006
Popular Name: Act 368