HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      2897

3. TRANSCRIBING OR EXECUTING SPECIFIC
ORDERS AT THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN; AND

(VIII)(VII) OTHER MEDICAL ACTS PERMITTED TO BE
DELEGATED UNDER AN APPROVED JOB DESCRIPTION.

(B) (1) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, AN
INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL
MAY PRACTICE AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT.

(2) NOTHING IN THIS TITLE MAY BE CONSTRUED TO
AUTHORIZE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT TO PRACTICE INDEPENDENT OF A
SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN.

(3) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, A
PHYSICIAN MAY NOT SUPERVISE A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IN THE
PERFORMANCE OF DELEGATED MEDICAL ACTS WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE
BOARD.

(4) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE OR IN
A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT MAY NOT PERFORM ANY
MEDICAL ACT FOR WHICH:

(I) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS NOT BEEN CERTIFIED; AND

(II) THE MEDICAL ACTS HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED
BY A SUPERVISING PHYSICIAN.

(C) THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS MAY PRACTICE AS A PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE;

(1) A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENT IN A TRAINING
PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE BOARD, WHILE PERFORMING THE DELEGATED
MEDICAL ACTS AT;

(I) ANY OFFICE OF A PHYSICIAN;

(II) A HOSPITAL;

(III) A CLINIC;

(IV) A RELATED INSTITUTION; OR

(V) A SIMILAR FACILITY; OR

(2) A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHILE PERFORMING DUTIES INCIDENT TO THAT
EMPLOYMENT.

(D) (1) EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY § 14.5-102(A) OF THIS
TITLE. IF A DUTY THAT IS TO BE DELEGATED UNDER THIS SECTION IS A
PART OF THE PRACTICE OF A HEALTH OCCUPATION THAT IS REGULATED
UNDER THIS ARTICLE BY ANOTHER BOARD. ANY RULE OR REGULATION
CONCERNING THAT DUTY SHALL BE ADOPTED JOINTLY BY THE BOARD OF