Title 26, Title 26: Professions and Occupations

§ 1734b. Renewal of license (a) Licenses shall be renewed every two years on payment of the required fee. At least one month prior to the date on which renewal is required, the Board shall send to each licensee a license renewal application form and notice of the date on which th…

§ 1734c. Exemptions (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require licensure under this chapter of any of the following: (1) Physician assistant students enrolled in a physician assistant educational program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Educatio…

§ 1735a. Practice agreement and scope of practice (a) Except as provided in subsection 1734c(b) of this chapter and subsection (e) of this section, a physician assistant shall engage in practice as a physician assistant in this State only if the physician assistant has entered in…

§ 1735b. Physician assistant as primary care provider Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a physician assistant shall be considered a primary care provider when the physician assistant practices in one or more of the medical specialties for which a physician wou…

§ 1736. Unprofessional conduct (a) The following conduct and the conduct described in section 1354 of this title by a licensed physician assistant shall constitute unprofessional conduct; when that conduct is by an applicant or person who later becomes an applicant, it may consti…

§ 1737. Disposition of complaints (a) Complaints and allegations of unprofessional conduct shall be processed in accordance with the rules of procedure of the Board of Medical Practice. (b) Any person, firm, corporation, or public officer may submit a written complaint to the Boa…

§ 1738. Use of title Any person who is licensed to practice as a physician assistant in this State shall have the right to use the title “physician assistant” and the abbreviations “PA” and “PA-C.” No other person shall assume that title, use those abbreviations, or use any other…

§ 1739. Legal liability Physician assistants are responsible for their own medical decision making. A participating physician in a practice agreement with a physician assistant shall not, by the existence of the practice agreement alone, be legally liable for the actions or inact…

§ 1740. Fees Applicants and persons regulated under this chapter shall pay the following fees: (1) Original application for licensure, $225.00; the Board shall use at least $10.00 of this fee to support the cost of maintaining the Vermont Practitioner Recovery Network, which, for…

§ 1742. Penalty (a) Any person who not being licensed holds himself or herself out to the public as being licensed under this chapter shall be liable for a fine of not more than $10,000.00. (b) In addition to the penalty provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney Ge…

§ 1743. Medicaid reimbursement The Secretary of Human Services shall provide reimbursement under Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act and 33 V.S.A. chapter 19 that recognizes reasonable cost differences between services provided by physicians and those provided by phys…

§ 1743a. Payment for medical services (a) As used in this section: (1) “Health insurer” has the same meaning as in 18 V.S.A. § 9402. (2) “Participating provider” has the same meaning as in 18 V.S.A. § 9418 and includes providers participating in the Vermont Medicaid program. (b) …