Scope Of Practice

A. Unless otherwise provided by law, physician assistants may provide medical services delegated to them by the supervising physician when such services are within the physician assistant’s skills and form a usual component of the physician’s scope of practice. B. A physician assistant may assist a designated supervising physician in an inpatient or surgical health care institution within the institution’s bylaws or policies including act as a first surgical assistant in the performance of surgery, when permitted by the institution’s bylaws or regulations.