(a) Before a licensed physician assistant may practice in collaboration with physicians, the physician assistant and a health care facility shall:

Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-3E-10a

  • Boards: means the West Virginia Board of Medicine and the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
  • Collaboration: means overseeing the activities of the medical services rendered by a physician assistant. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
  • Health care facility: means any licensed hospital, nursing home, extended care facility, state health or mental institution, clinic, or physician office. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing, engraving, writing, or otherwise. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
  • Physician: means a doctor of allopathic or osteopathic medicine who is fully licensed pursuant to the provisions of either §. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
  • Physician assistant: means a person who meets the qualifications set forth in this article and is licensed pursuant to this article to practice medicine with a collaborating physician. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
  • Practice notification: means a written notice to the appropriate licensing board that a physician assistant will practice in collaboration with one or more collaborating physicians in the state of West Virginia. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1

(1) File a practice notification with the appropriate licensing board;

(2) Pay the applicable fee; and

(3) Receive written notice from the appropriate licensing board that the practice notification is complete and active.

(b) The licensing boards shall promulgate emergency rules to establish the content and criteria for submission of practice notifications.

(c) A physician assistant shall notify the board, in writing, within 10 days of the termination of a practice notification. Failure to provide timely notice of the termination constitutes unprofessional conduct and disciplinary proceedings may be instituted by the appropriate licensing board.