Sec. 1. (a) Collaboration by the collaborating physician or the physician designee must be continuous but does not require the physical presence of the collaborating physician at the time and the place that the services are rendered.

     (b) A collaborating physician or physician designee shall review patient encounters not later than ten (10) business days, and within a reasonable time, as established in the collaborative agreement, after the physician assistant has seen the patient, that is appropriate for the maintenance of quality medical care.

     (c) The collaborating physician or physician designee shall review within a reasonable time that is not later than ten (10) business days after a patient encounter, that is appropriate for the maintenance of quality medical care, at least the following percentages of the patient charts:

(1) For the first year in which a physician assistant obtains authority to prescribe, at least ten percent (10%) of the patient’s records for any prescription prescribed or administered by the physician assistant.

(2) For each subsequent year of practice of the physician assistant, the percentage of charts that the collaborating physician or physician designee determines to be reasonable for the particular practice setting and level of experience of the physician assistant, as stated in the collaborative agreement, that is appropriate for the maintenance of quality medical care.

     (d) Subject to subsection (c), but notwithstanding any other provision of this section, when a physician assistant performs an annual wellness visit, gathers patient information, or performs a health evaluation, including diagnostic screening, during an in-home evaluation that does not involve providing direct treatment or the prescribing of medication, the collaborating physician or physician designee shall review the patient encounter within fourteen (14) business days after the action.

As added by P.L.227-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.197-2011, SEC.123; P.L.102-2013, SEC.4; P.L.135-2015, SEC.3; P.L.247-2019, SEC.17; P.L.190-2023, SEC.10.