KRS 311.840: Definitions for KRS 311.840 to 311.862.

As used in KRS 311.840 to 311.862:

(1) "Board" means the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure;

(2) "Complaint" means a formal administrative pleading that sets forth charges against

a physician assistant and commences a formal disciplinary proceeding;

(3) "Physician assistant" means a person licensed under KRS 311.840 to 311.862 who:

(a) Has graduated from a physician assistant or surgeon assistant program

accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for

Physician Assistants or its predecessor or successor agencies and has passe d

the certifying examination administered by the National Commission on

Certification of Physician Assistants or its predecessor or successor agencies;

or

(b) Possesses a current physician assistant certificate issued by the board prior to

July 15, 2002;

(4) "Podiatric supervision" means overseeing the activities of and accepting

responsibility for the podiatric services rendered by a physician assistant. Each team

of podiatrists and physician assistants shall ensure that the delegation of podiatric

tasks is appropriate to the physician assistant's level of training and experience, that

the identification of and access to the supervising podiatrist are clearly defined, and

that a process for evaluation of the physician assistant's performance is established;

(5) "Supervising physician" means a physician licensed by the board who supervises

one (1) or more physician assistants;

(6) "Supervising physician in anesthesia" means a physician licensed by the board who

has completed postgraduate training in anesthesiology at an anesthesiology program

accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or its

equivalent;

(7) "Supervising podiatrist" means a podiatrist approved by the board and the State

Board of Podiatry to provide podiatric supervision for one (1) or more physician

assistants; and

(8) "Supervision":

(a) Means overseeing the activities and medical services ren dered by a physician

assistant. Each team of physicians and physician assistants shall ensure that

the approved medical tasks are appropriate to the physician assistant's level of

training and experience, that the identifications of and access to the

supervising physician are clearly defined, and that a process for evaluation of

the physician assistant's performance is established; and

(b) Does not require the physical presence of a supervising physician when

medical services are rendered by a physician assistant.