§ 1732 - Definitions
§ 1732. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the state board of medical practice established by chapter 23 of this title.
(2) "Contract" means a legally binding agreement, expressed in writing, containing the terms of employment of a physician's assistant.
(3) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine pursuant to chapters 23 and 33 of this title.
(4) "Physician's assistant" means an individual certified by the state of Vermont who is qualified by education, training, experience and personal character to provide medical services under the direction and supervision of a Vermont licensed physician.
(5) "Physician's assistant trainee" means a person who is not certified as a "physician's assistant" under this chapter but who assists a physician under the physician's direct supervision for the purpose of acquiring the basic knowledge and skills of a physician's assistant by the apprentice-preceptor mode of education.
(6) "Protocol" means a detailed description of the duties and scope of practice delegated by a physician to a physician's assistant.
(7) "Supervision" means the direction and review by the supervising physician, as determined to be appropriate by the board, of the medical services provided by the physician's assistant.
(8) "Disciplinary action" means any action taken against a certified physician's assistant, a registered physician's assistant trainee or an applicant by the board, the appellate officer, or on appeal therefrom, when that action suspends, revokes, limits or conditions certification or registration in any way, and includes reprimands. (Added 1981, No. 100, § 2; amended 1985, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 30, 1986; 1989, No. 250 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a).)