Practices of Collaborating Physician

  1. Law
  2. Tennessee Code
  3. Professions of the Healing Arts
  4. Physician Assistants
  5. Orthopedic Physician Assistants
  6. Practices of Collaborating Physician

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A licensed physician who is collaborating with orthopedic physician assistants shall comply with the following practices:

  1. No one (1) collaborating physician shall collaborate with more than two (2) licensed orthopedic physician assistants at any one time;
  2. More than one (1) physician may collaborate with the same licensed orthopedic physician assistant;
  3. The collaborating physician shall designate one (1) or more alternate physicians who have agreed to accept the responsibility of collaborating with the orthopedic physician assistant on a prearranged basis in the absence of the collaborating physician;
  4. The licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall render services and care commensurate with such orthopedic assistant's education, training and experience;
  5. The licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall not make any definitive diagnosis or prescribe any treatment program independent of the collaborating physician;
  6. Pre-signed prescriptions shall not be used by the licensed orthopedic physician assistant. Medications dispensed by the licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall be approved by the collaborating physician; and
  7. The patient of any physician receiving services from a licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall be fully informed that the individual is a licensed orthopedic physician assistant and/or a sign shall be conspicuously placed within the office of the physician indicating that certain services may be rendered by a licensed orthopedic physician assistant.


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