Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 645 - Professional Licensure Division › Physician Assistants › Chapter 326 - Licensure of Physician Assistants › Rule 645-326.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Active license"
means a license that is
				  current and has not expired.
"Approved program"
means a program for the
				  education of physician assistants which has been accredited by the
				  Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, or
				  its successor, or, if accredited prior to 2001, either by the Committee on
				  Allied Health Education and Accreditation or the Commission on Accreditation of
				  Allied Health Education Programs.
"Board"
means the board of physician
				  assistants.
"CME"
means continuing medical
				  education.
"Collaboration "
means consultation with or
				  referral to the appropriate physician or other health care professional by a
				  physician assistant as indicated by the patient's condition; the education,
				  competencies, and experience of the physician assistant; and the standard of
				  care.
"Department"
means the department of public
				  health.
"Direction "
means authoritative policy or
				  procedural guidance for the accomplishment of a function or activity.
"Grace period"
means the 30-day period
				  following expiration of a license when the license is still considered to be
				  active. In order to renew a license during the grace period, a licensee is
				  required to pay a late fee.
"Inactive license "
means a license that has
				  expired because it was not renewed by the end of the grace period. The category
				  of "inactive license" may include licenses formerly known as lapsed, inactive,
				  delinquent, closed, or retired.
"Licensee "
means a person licensed by the
				  board as a physician assistant to provide medical services under the
				  supervision of one or more physicians.
"Licensure by endorsement"
means the
				  issuance of an Iowa license to practice as a physician assistant to an
				  applicant who is or has been licensed in another state.
"Locum tenens "
means the temporary
				  substitution of one licensed physician assistant for another.
"Mandatory training "
means training on
				  identifying and reporting child abuse or dependent adult abuse required of
				  physician assistants who are mandatory reporters. The full requirements on
				  mandatory reporting of child abuse and the training requirements are found in
				  Iowa Code section
				  232.69.
				  The full requirements on mandatory reporting of dependent adult abuse and the
				  training requirements are found in Iowa Code section
				  235B.16.
"NCCPA "
means the National Commission on
				  Certification of Physician Assistants.
"Opioid"
means a drug that produces an
				  agonist effect on opioid receptors and is indicated or used for the treatment
				  of pain or opioid use disorder.
"Physician "
means a person who is currently
				  licensed in Iowa to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and
				  surgery, or osteopathy. A physician supervising a physician assistant
				  practicing in a federal facility or under federal authority shall not be
				  required to obtain licensure beyond licensure requirements mandated by the
				  federal government for supervising physicians.
"Physician assistant"
or
"PA
				  "
means a person licensed as a physician assistant by the
				  board.
"Prescription monitoring program database"
or
"PMP database "
means the Iowa prescription monitoring
				  program database administered by the Iowa board of pharmacy pursuant to Iowa
				  Code chapter 124, subchapter VI, and 657-Chapter 37.
"Reactivate"
or
"reactivation"
means the process as outlined in rule
				  645-326.19 (17A,147,272C) by
				  which an inactive license is restored to active status.
"Reinstatement"
means the process as
				  outlined in 645-11.31 (272C) by which a
				  licensee who has had a license suspended or revoked or who has voluntarily
				  surrendered a license may apply to have the license reinstated, with or without
				  conditions. Once the license is reinstated, the licensee may apply for active
				  status.
"Remote medical site "
means a medical
				  clinic for ambulatory patients which is more than 30 miles away from the main
				  practice location of a supervising physician and in which a supervising
				  physician is present less than 50 percent of the time the site is open. "Remote
				  medical site" does not apply to nursing homes, patient homes, hospital
				  outpatient departments, outreach clinics, or any location at which medical care
				  is incidentally provided, such as a diet center, free clinic, site for athletic
				  physicals, or a jail facility.
"Supervising physician "
means a physician
				  who supervises the medical services provided by the physician assistant
				  consistent with the physician assistant's education, training, or experience
				  and who accepts ultimate responsibility for the medical care provided by the
				  physician-physician assistant team.
"Supervision "
means that a supervising
				  physician retains ultimate responsibility for patient care, although a
				  physician need not be physically present at each activity of the physician
				  assistant or be specifically consulted before each delegated task is performed.
				  Supervision shall not be construed as requiring the personal presence of a
				  supervising physician at the place where such services are rendered except
				  insofar as the personal presence is expressly required by these rules or by
				  Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Supply prescription drugs"
means to deliver
				  to a patient or the patient's representative a quantity of prescription drugs
				  or devices that are properly packaged and labeled.