Title 5, Title 5 and Professions

The director may, after notice and a hearing, refuse to grant, renew, suspend, or revoke any certificate of licensure or discipline any registrant upon proof that the person is guilty of unprofessional conduct as defined in § 5-54-2.

(a) When a sworn complaint is filed with the board charging a person with being guilty of any of the actions specified in § 5-54-12, the division of professional regulation or the board shall immediately investigate those charges. In the event that investigation reveals reasonabl…

The board may permit a licensee to enter into a nondisciplinary alternative program. All records pertaining to the physician assistant’s participation in the nondisciplinary program shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery, subpoena, or public disclosure.

The director may temporarily suspend the license of a physician assistant without a hearing if the director finds that the evidence in his or her possession indicates that a physician assistant’s continuation in practice would constitute a danger to the public. In the event that …

An appeal from any decision or order of the board, administrator of professional regulation, or director of department of health may be taken by any aggrieved party to the superior court in the manner provided for in chapter 35 of title 42.

No person who is not licensed as a physician assistant may use the title of “physician assistant” or “PA” or hold himself or herself out as a physician assistant. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dolla…

When it appears to the director that any person is violating any of the provisions of this chapter, the director may cause an action to be instituted, commenced in the name of the board, to enjoin that violation in a court of competent jurisdiction and that court may enjoin any p…

The proceeds of any fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited as general revenues.

As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (1) “Administrator” means the administrator, division of professional regulation. (2) “Approved program” means a program for the education and training of physician assistants formally approved by the Ameri…

The director of the department health shall enforce the provisions of this chapter. The director or his or her authorized agents and the board shall be exempt from providing surety for costs in connection with the commencement of any legal proceedings under this chapter.

No person licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession licensed to practice in other states of the United States who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of his or her employment or practice, renders emergency medi…

The provisions of this chapter are severable and if any of the provisions of this chapter are held unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of that court does not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions.

Every physician assistant licensed to practice within the state shall be required to have satisfactorily completed twenty-five (25) hours of approved continuing medical education annually. The annual period for accumulation of continuing-education hours commences on the first day…

In addition to the requirements of § 42-14-2.1: (1) The board, with the approval of the director, shall adopt regulations requiring any person, including, but not limited to, corporations, healthcare facilities, health-maintenance organizations, organizations and federal, state, …

The board shall receive and maintain a confidential file which shall be available to the board to precipitate or aid in their investigations. The information shall also be available to licensed healthcare facilities including health-maintenance organizations in connection with th…

Any licensed healthcare facility, acting by and through its chief executive officer or his or her designee, may upon the request of any other licensed healthcare facility, communicate to the chief executive officer of the requesting facility or his or her designee any and all inf…

(a) Whenever a hospital receives information from the board pursuant to § 5-54-23(3) that indicates that the privileges of a physician assistant or other healthcare professional have been suspended, revoked, or limited at another hospital, the receiving hospital shall within thir…

A person licensed under the provisions of this chapter or members of the same profession licensed to practice in other states of the United States or members of the same profession credentialed by a federal employer who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary…

A physician assistant licensed in this state, or licensed or authorized to practice in any other U.S. jurisdiction, or who is credentialed by a federal employer or meets the licensure requirements of his or her requisite federal agency as a physician assistant may volunteer to re…

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to services performed in any of the following areas: (1) The practice of dentistry or dental hygiene as defined in chapter 31.1 of this title. (2) The practice of chiropractic medicine. (3) The practice of optometry as defined in chapte…

Within the division of professional regulation established in the department of health pursuant to chapter 26 of this title there is a board of licensure for physician assistants as provided by §§ 5-54-5 — 5-54-7.

(a) The director of the department of health, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint a board consisting of seven (7) persons, residents of the state, to constitute a board of licensure for physician assistants with the duties, powers, and authority as stated in this cha…

The board shall elect its own chairperson annually and shall meet at the call of the administrator, the chairperson, or upon the request of two (2) or more members of the board. A majority of seats filled shall constitute a quorum. The board shall approve programs for continuing …

(a) The board shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter; evaluate the qualifications of applicants; supervise any examination of applicants deemed necessary; recommend to the director the commencement of disciplinary hearings in accordance with chap…

(a) Physician assistants shall practice in collaboration with physicians. A physician assistant may provide any medical or surgical services that are within the physician assistant’s skills, education, and training. Whenever any provision of general or public law or regulation re…

The board shall recommend to the director for licensure as a physician assistant an applicant who: (1) Is of good character and reputation; (2) Graduated from a physician-assistant training program certified by the AMA’s Committee on Allied Health, Education, and Accreditation, i…