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Ch. 374 2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(1) The hospital, public health facility, correctional facility, or detention
center does not have an on-site pharmacy; or
(2) The on-site pharmacy at the hospital, public health facility;
correctional facility, or detention center is closed or does not have a particular
medication in stock.
[(j)] (K) "Hospital" means:
(1) A hospital as defined under § 19-301(g) of the Health - General
Article;
(2) A comprehensive care facility that:
(i) Meets the requirements of a hospital-based skilled nursing
facility under federal law;
(ii) Offers acute care in the same building; and
(iii) Has the same protocols and degree of supervision of physician
assistants as it does in its acute care area; and
(3) An emergency room that is physically connected to a hospital,
[(k) "Medication order" means a directive written in a medical chart:
(1) For controlled dangerous substances, noncontrolled substances, or
nonprescription medications; and
(2) In accordance with the protocols of a hospital, public health facility,
correctional facility, or detention center.]
(1) "National certifying examination" means an examination offered by a
national organization, which certifies physician assistants as having achieved a
certain level of training.
(m) "Physician assistant" means an individual who is certified under this title
to perform delegated medical acts under the supervision of a physician.
(n) "Practice as a physician assistant" means the performance of medical acts
that are:
(1) Delegated by a supervising physician to a physician assistant;
(2) Within the supervising physician's scope of practice; and
(3) Appropriate to the physician assistant's education, training, and
experience.
(o) "Prescriptive authority" means the authority delegated by a supervising
physician to a physician assistant to prescribe and administer controlled dangerous
substances, prescription drugs, [and] medical devices, AND THE ORAL, WRITTEN, OR
ELECTRONIC ORDERING OF MEDICATIONS.
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