{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3701","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 3701","heading":"Commissioner; powers and duties","body":"§ 3701. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have\nthe following powers and duties: 1. to promulgate regulations defining\nand restricting the duties which may be assigned to physician assistants\nby their supervising physician, the degree of supervision required and\nthe manner in which such duties may be performed;\n  2. to conduct and support continuing studies respecting the nature and\nscope of the duties of physician assistants in order to promote their\neffective functioning as members of the health care team;\n  3. to determine the desirability of and to establish rules for\nrequiring continuing education of physician assistants;\n  4. to furnish the education department with suggested criteria which\nmay be used by the education department to help determine whether an\napplicant for licensure as a physician assistant possesses equivalent\neducation and training, such as experience as a nurse or military\ncorpsman, which may be accepted in lieu of all or part of an approved\nprogram;\n  5. to adopt such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or\nappropriate to carry out the purposes of this article.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 37. Physician Assistants"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/3701","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"def4381cedb3e6ba965e4fd0bdee603af3398202e49f3c36c20cd1983b69a6bc","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3700","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-3702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}