GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES |
Chapter 34. PHYSICIANS, ACUPUNCTURE, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, CANCER AND GLAUCOMA TREATMENT, RESPIRATORY CARE, CLINICAL PERFUSIONISTS, AND ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PRACTICE |
Article 4. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS |
Section 43-34-109. Involvement of supervising physician in patient's care
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- When a patient receives medical services from a physician assistant, the supervising physician's involvement in the patient's care, including patient evaluation and follow-up care by the supervising physician, shall be appropriate to the nature of the practice and the acuity of the patient's medical issue, as determined by the supervising physician.
Code 1981, § 43-34-109, enacted by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509; Ga. L. 2011, p. 441, § 4/HB 303.