Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 25 > Article 3 - Scope of Practice and Approval of Employment

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Board: means the Arizona regulatory board of physician assistants. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
• Collaborating physician or entity: means a physician, physician group practice, physician private practice or licensed health care institution that employs or collaborates with a physician assistant who has at least eight thousand hours of clinical practice as certified by the board pursuant to section 32-2536 and does not require a supervision agreement and that designates one or more physicians by name or position who is responsible for the oversight of the physician assistant. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
• employer: means a physician, physician group practice, physician private practice or licensed health care institution. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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.
• medication-assisted treatment: means the use of pharmacological medications that are approved by the United States food and drug administration, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. See Arizona Laws 32-3201.01
• Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Supervising physician: means a physician who holds a current unrestricted license, who supervises a physician assistant who has less than eight thousand hours of clinical practice and who assumes legal responsibility for health care tasks performed by the physician assistant. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
• Supervision: means a physician's opportunity or ability to provide or exercise direction and control over the services of a physician assistant. See Arizona Laws 32-2501
• Supervision agreement: means a written or electronic signed agreement that both:

  (a) Describes the scope of practice for a physician assistant who has less than eight thousand hours of clinical practice. See Arizona Laws 32-2501

• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215