{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-73-26-1","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 73-26-1","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 73-26-1","body":"As used in this chapter:\n\n(a) “ Board ” means the State Board of Medical Licensure.\n\n(b) “ Physician assistant ” means a person who meets the board's criteria for licensure as a physician assistant and is licensed as a physician assistant by the board. Nothing in this chapter authorizes the licensure of anesthesiologist's assistants.\n\n(c) “ Supervising physician ” means a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathic medicine who holds an unrestricted license from the board, and who is in the full-time practice of medicine and who has been approved by the board to supervise physician assistants.\n\n(d) “ Supervision ” means overseeing and accepting responsibility for the medical services rendered by a physician assistant in a manner approved by the board.","path":["MS Code","Title 73"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"c78f1ae36f5b7bc58f4f728de46fd1c684909cdf3bfd318c19e97b58b5edd0e8","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-73-25-95","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-73-26-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}