LAC 46:XLV.1505. Necessity for License; Registration of Prescriptive Authority

A.1. No person may act as or undertake to perform the functions of a physician assistant unless he has in his personal possession a current physician assistant license issued to him under this Chapter. 2. A physician assistant currently licensed by the board shall not prescribe medication or medical devices unless his registration for prescriptive authority has been approved by the board in accordance with this Chapter. B. Any person who acts or undertakes to perform the functions of a physician assistant without a current physician assistant license issued under this Chapter, or prescribes medication or medical devices without or beyond registration of such authority approved by the board, shall be deemed to be engaging in the practice of medicine; provided, however, that none of the provisions of this Chapter shall apply to: 1. any physician assistant employed by the federal government while performing duties incidental to that employment; 2. practitioners of allied health fields, duly licensed, certified, or registered under other laws of this state, when practicing within the scope of such license, certificate or registration; 3. any physician assistant student enrolled in a physician assistant educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, its predecessors or successor; provided, however, that a physician assistant student shall not prescribe legend drugs or medical devices or be eligible for registration of prescriptive authority; and 4. a physician assistant administering medical services in cases of emergency.