Supervision Of A Physician Assistant

Supervision of a physician assistant must be rendered by a licensed supervising physician. A. Responsibility of supervising physician. (1) Provide direction to the physician assistant to specify what medical services should be provided. This may be done through a written utilization plan or by other direct communications. (2) Provide a means for immediate communication between the physician assistant and the supervising physician. (3) Comply with the quality assurance requirements specified in Subsection B of 16.10.15.11 NMAC. B. Quality assurance requirements. A quality assurance program for review of medical services provided by the physician assistant must be in place.