{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-20-403","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-20-403","heading":"Physician assistant scope of practice.","body":"(1) A physician assistant is professionally and legally responsible for the care and treatment of a patient by a physician assistant licensed in accordance with this chapter.\n(2) A physician assistant may:\n(a) diagnose, examine, and treat human conditions, ailments, diseases, injuries, or infirmities, either physical or mental, by any means, method, device, or instrumentality;\n(b) obtain informed consent;\n(c) supervise, delegate, and assign therapeutic and diagnostic measures;\n(d) certify the health or disability of a patient as required by any local, state, or federal program; and\n(e) authenticate any document that a physician may authenticate.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 20. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS","Part 4. Regulation of Practice"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0200/part_0040/section_0030/0370-0200-0040-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:53:56Z","sha256":"0c0031d9a6863a2347649f58547757273bf1ade2800e61484738d5fa3770a26c","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-20-402","next":"us-mt/37-20-404"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}