Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Part 2 › Subtitle 09 - MEDICAL CARE PROGRAMS › Chapter 10.09.55 - Physician Assistants › Section 10.09.55.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				  the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Advanced duties" means medical acts that
				  require training and certification beyond the basic physician assistant
				  education program.
(2) "Board"
				  means the State Board of Physicians.
(3) "Delegation agreement" means a document
				  that is executed by a licensed physician and a physician assistant containing
				  the requirements of Health Occupation Article, §15-302, Annotated Code of
				  Maryland, and COMAR 10.32.03.05.
(4) "Department" means the Department of
				  Health and Mental Hygiene, the single State agency designated to administer the
				  Maryland Medical Assistance Program under Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
				  42 U.S.C. §
												1396 et seq.
(5) "Dispense" means to dispense starter
				  dosages or drug samples.
(6)
				  "Medical Assistance Program" means the program of comprehensive medical and
				  other health-related care for indigent and medically indigent
				  persons.
(7) "Modification" means
				  any change to the delegation agreement that governs the physician assistant's
				  performance of duties, including but not limited to practice location, scope of
				  practice, change of supervising physician (primary or alternate), and
				  prescriptive authority.
(8)
				  "Physician" means an individual who meets the licensure requirements and
				  conditions of participation of COMAR 10.09.02.
(9) "Physician assistant" means an individual
				  who is licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision.
(10) "Practice as a physician assistant"
				  means the performance of medical acts that are:
(a) Delegated by a supervising physician to a
				  physician assistant;
(b) Within the
				  supervising physician's scope of practice; and
(c) Appropriate to the physician assistant's
				  education, training, and experience.
(11) "Program" means the Maryland Medical
				  Assistance Program.
(12) "Provider"
				  means a licensed physician assistant who, through appropriate agreement with
				  the Department, has been identified as a Program provider by the issuance of a
				  provider number
(13) "Participant"
				  means a person who is certified as eligible for, and is receiving, Medical
				  Assistance benefits.
(14)
				  "Supervision" means the responsibility of the physician to exercise on-site
				  supervision or to be able to provide immediate available direction for the
				  physician assistants performing delegated medical acts, and includes:
(a) Oversight of the physician assistant and
				  acceptance of direct responsibility for the patient services and care rendered
				  by the physician assistant;
(b)
				  Continuous availability to the physician assistant either in person, by
				  telephone, by electronic means, or by some other form of telecommunication;
				  and
(c) Designation of one or more
				  alternate supervising physicians.