KRS § 311.850 — KY Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 311 / Section 311.850
311.850 Discipline of physician assistants
Status: in_force

311.850 Discipline of physician assistants.

(1) The board may revoke, suspend, deny, decline to renew, limit, or restrict the

license of a physician assistant, or may fine, reprimand or place a physician

assistant on probation for no more than five (5) years upon proof that a

physician assistant has:

(a) Knowingly made or presented or caused to be made or presented any

false, fraudulent, or forged statement, writing, certificate, diploma, or other

document relating to an application for licensure;

(b) Practiced, aided, or abetted in the practice of fraud, forgery, deception,

collusion, or conspiracy relating to an examination for licensure;

(c) Been convicted of a crime as defined in KRS 335B.010, if in accordance

with KRS Chapter 335B;

(d) Been convicted of a misdemeanor offense under KRS Chapter 510

involving a patient or a felony offense under KRS Chapter 510, KRS

530.064, or 531.310, or has been found by the board to have had sexual

contact, as defined in KRS 510.010, with a patient while the patient was

under the care of the physician assistant or the physician assistant's

supervising physician;

(e) Become addicted to a controlled substance, as defined in KRS

311.550(26);

(f) Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic, as defined in KRS 311.550(25);

(g) Been unable or is unable to practice medicine according to acceptable

and prevailing standards of care by reason of mental or physical illness or

other condition including but not limited to physical deterioration that

adversely affects cognitive, motor, or perceptive skills, or by reason of an

extended absence from the active practice of medicine;

(h) Knowingly made or caused to be made or aided or abetted in the making

of a false statement in any document executed in connection with the

practice of medicine or osteopathy;

(i) Performed any act or service as a physician assistant without a

designated supervising physician;

(j) Exceeded the scope of medical services described by the supervising

physician in the applications required under KRS 311.854;

(k) Exceeded the scope of practice for which the physician assistant was

credentialed by the governing board of a hospital or licensed health care

facility under KRS 311.856 and 311.858;

(l) Aided, assisted, or abetted the unlawful practice of medicine or

osteopathy or any healing art, including the unlawful practice of physician

assistants;

(m) Willfully violated a confidential communication;

(n) Performed the services of a physician assistant in an unprofessional,

incompetent, or grossly or chronically negligent manner;

(o) Been removed, suspended, expelled, or placed on probation by any

health care facility or professional society for unprofessional conduct,

incompetence, negligence, or violation of any provision of this section or

KRS 311.858 or 311.862;

(p) Violated any applicable provision of administrative regulations relating to

physician assistant practice;

(q) Violated any term of probation or other discipline imposed by the board;

(r) Failed to complete the required number of hours of approved continuing

education;

(s) Engaged in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct of

character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public or any member

thereof, as described in KRS 311.597; or

(t) As provided in KRS 311.824(2), been convicted of a violation of KRS

311.823(2).

(2) All disciplinary proceedings against a physician assistant shall be conducted in

accordance with the provisions of KRS 311.591, 311.592, 311.593, 311.599,

and KRS Chapter 13B and related administrative regulations promulgated

under KRS Chapter 311.