(3) In a hospital, correctional facility, or detention center, the authority
of a physician assistant to write medication orders complies with the following
limitations:

(i) A physician assistant may write medication orders only for
Schedule II, Schedule III, Schedule TV, and Schedule V Medications, noncontrolled
substances, and nonprescription medications; and

(ii) Medication orders must be administered on-site;

(4) In a public health facility, the authority of a physician assistant to
write medication orders complies with the following limitations:

(i) A physician assistant may not write medication orders for
controlled dangerous substances; and

(ii) A physician assistant may write a medication order for the

treatment of:

1. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or an infectious
disease other than a sexually transmitted disease only after a patient is evaluated by
a physician and if the medication order is written in accordance with protocols
established by the Department; and

2. A sexually transmitted disease only after the physician
assistant determines, based on diagnostic parameters, that a patient has a sexually
transmitted disease and if the medication order is written in accordance with
protocols;

(5) In a hospital, correctional facility, or detention center, each
medication order is countersigned by a supervising physician within 48 hours;

(6) In a public health facility, each medication order is countersigned by
a supervising physician within 72 hours;

(7) The supervising physician:

(i) Attests that the physician assistant has been credentialed by
the hospital, public health facility, correctional facility, or detention center to write
medication orders for controlled dangerous substances, noncontrolled substances, or
nonprescription medications; and

(ii) Notifies the Board if the physician assistant's authority to write
medication orders has been restricted or removed by the supervising physician,
revoked by disciplinary measures of a hospital, public health facility, correctional
facility, or detention center, or if the physician assistant no longer provides care in a
setting where medication order writing has been authorized; and

(8) In an emergency room, a physician assistant discusses a patient's
treatment plan, including medication orders, with a supervising physician prior to
patient discharge.