A physician assistant may perform medical services when the services are rendered under the supervision of the physician or physicians specified in the physician assistant license approved by the board. A trainee may perform medical services when the services are rendered within the scope of an approved program. For the purposes of this section, "medical services rendered under the supervision of the physician or physicians specified in the physician assistant license approved by the board" includes making a pronouncement of death for a patient whose death is anticipated if the death occurs in a licensed hospital, a licensed health care facility, a Medicare-certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified hospice program or facility, with notice of the death to a physician and in accordance with the directions of a physician.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, § 148B.4; C81, § 148C.4]
88 Acts, ch 1225, §18; 2001 Acts, ch 113, §1
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