§ 61-6C-7. Physician assistants; rules

The board may promulgate in accordance with the State Rules Act and enforce those rules in accordance with the Uniform Licensing Act for: A. education, skill and experience for licensure of a person as a physician assistant and providing forms and procedures for biennial license renewal; B. examining and evaluating an applicant for licensure as a physician assistant as to skill, knowledge and experience of the applicant in the field of medical care; C. establishing when and for how long physician assistants are permitted to prescribe, administer, dispense and distribute dangerous drugs other than controlled substances in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act pursuant to rules adopted by the board after consultation with the board of pharmacy; D. allowing a supervising or collaborating licensed physician to temporarily delegate supervision or collaboration responsibilities for a physician assistant to another licensed physician; E. establishing when a physician assistant may engage in the practice of medicine in collaboration with a licensed physician; and F. carrying out all other provisions of the Physician Assistant Act.