KRS 311.850: Discipline of physician assistants.

(1) The board may revoke, suspend, deny, decline to renew, limit, or restrict the license

of a physician assistant, or may fine, reprimand or place a physician assistant on

probation for no more than five (5) years upon proof that a physician assistant has:

(a) Knowingly made or presented or caused to be made or presented any false,

fraudulent, or forged statement, writing, certificate, diploma, or other

document relating to an application for licensure;

(b) Practiced, aided, or abetted in the practice of fraud , forgery, deception,

collusion, or conspiracy relating to an examination for licensure;

(c) Been convicted of a crime as defined in KRS 335B.010, if in accordance with

KRS Chapter 335B;

(d) Been convicted of a misdemeanor offense under KRS Chapter 510 inv olving

a patient or a felony offense under KRS Chapter 510, KRS 530.064, or

531.310, or has been found by the board to have had sexual contact, as

defined in KRS 510.010, with a patient while the patient was under the care of

the physician assistant or the physician assistant's supervising physician;

(e) Become addicted to a controlled substance, as defined in KRS 311.550(26);

(f) Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic, as defined in KRS 311.550(25);

(g) Been unable or is unable to practice medicine accor ding to acceptable and

prevailing standards of care by reason of mental or physical illness or other

condition including but not limited to physical deterioration that adversely

affects cognitive, motor, or perceptive skills, or by reason of an extended

absence from the active practice of medicine;

(h) Knowingly made or caused to be made or aided or abetted in the making of a

false statement in any document executed in connection with the practice of

medicine or osteopathy;

(i) Performed any act or service as a physician assistant without a designated

supervising physician;

(j) Exceeded the scope of medical services described by the supervising

physician in the agreement required under KRS 311.854;

(k) Exceeded the scope of practice for which the physician assistant was

credentialed by the governing board of a hospital or license d health care

facility under KRS 311.856 and 311.858;

(l) Aided, assisted, or abetted the unlawful practice of medicine or osteopathy or

any healing art, including the unlawful practice of physician assistants;

(m) Willfully violated a confidential communication;

(n) Performed the services of a physician assistant in an unprofessional,

incompetent, or grossly or chronically negligent manner;

(o) Been removed, suspended, expelled, or placed on probation by any health care

facility or professional society for unprofessional conduct, incompetence,

negligence, or violation of any provision of this section or KRS 311.858 or

311.862;

(p) Violated any applicable provision of administrative regulations relating to

physician assistant practice;

(q) Violated any term of probation or other discipline imposed by the board;

(r) Failed to complete the required number of hours of approved continuing

education;

(s) Engaged in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct of character

likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public or any member thereof, as

described in KRS 311.597; or

(t) As provided in KRS 311.824(2), been convicted of a violation of KRS

311.823(2).

(2) All disciplinary proceedings against a physician assistant shall be conducted in

accordance with the p rovisions of KRS 311.591, 311.592, 311.593, 311.599, and

KRS Chapter 13B and related administrative regulations promulgated under KRS

Chapter 311.