{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-328-d-1","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 328-D:1","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter:\nI. \"Applicant\" means a physician associate who has submitted an application for licensure.\nI-a. \"Approved continuing medical education activity\" means a continuing education activity certified for American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) Category 1 credit, American Medical Association (AMA) Category 1 PRA credit, American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Category 1-A credit, American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Prescribed credit, or any other board-approved activity.\nII. \"Board\" means the board of medicine.\nII-a. \"Collaboration\" means a physician associate's consultation with or referral to a physician or to the appropriate member of the health care team as indicated based on the patient's condition, the physician associate's education, training, and experience, and the applicable standards of care.\nII-b. \"Collaboration agreement\" means an agreement that meets the requirements of RSA 328-D:3-b.\nII-c. \"Participating physician\" means a physician practicing as a sole practitioner, a physician designated by a group of physicians to represent their physician group, or a physician designated by a health care facility to represent that facility, who collaborates with a physician associate or who enters into a collaboration agreement with a physician associate in accordance with this chapter.\nIII. \"Physician associate\" or \"P.A.\" means a person qualified both by academic and practical training to provide patient services and licensed under this chapter.","path":["Title XXX: OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS","Chapter 328-D: PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXX/328-D/328-D-1.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:08:03Z","sha256":"129c24104982f67968bc478ecbe06abde623ca52510da6ab325151e2472206e3","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-328-c-13","next":"us-nh/rsa-328-d-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}