Section 333.17078 - Physician's assistant as agent of supervising physician or podiatrist; privileged communications; minimal standards.
PUBLIC HEALTH CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 368 of 1978
333.17078 Physician's assistant as agent of supervising physician or podiatrist; privileged communications; minimal standards.
Sec. 17078.
(1) A physician's assistant is the agent of the supervising physician or supervising podiatrist. A communication made to a physician's assistant that would be a privileged communication if made to the supervising physician or supervising podiatrist is a privileged communication to the physician's assistant and the supervising physician or supervising podiatrist to the same extent as if the communication were made to the supervising physician or supervising podiatrist.
(2) A physician's assistant shall conform to minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing practice for the supervising physician or 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