A. Notwithstanding the requirements of this article, in response to a natural disaster, accident or other emergency, a physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to this chapter, licensed or certified by another regulatory jurisdiction in the United States or credentialed as a physician assistant by a federal employer may provide medical care at any location, and the physician assistant is not required to have completed eight thousand clinical practice hours pursuant to section 32-2531.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-2535

  • employer: means a physician, physician group practice, physician private practice or licensed health care institution. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Physician: means a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 of this title. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
  • Physician assistant: means a person who is licensed pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. A physician who supervises a physician assistant who is providing medical care pursuant to this section is not required to comply with the requirements of this article relating to supervising physicians.

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