1. The board of medical examiners shall adopt rules setting forth in detail its criteria and procedures for determining the ineligibility of a physician to serve as a supervising physician under chapter 148C. The rules shall provide that a physician may serve as a supervising physician under chapter 148C until such time as the board determines, following normal disciplinary procedures, that the physician is ineligible to serve in that capacity.
2. The board of medical examiners shall establish by rule specific procedures for consulting with and considering the advice of the board of physician assistant examiners in determining whether to initiate a disciplinary proceeding under chapter 17A against a licensed physician in a matter involving the supervision of a physician assistant.
3. In exercising their respective authorities, the board of medical examiners and the board of physician assistant examiners shall cooperate with the goal of encouraging the utilization of physician assistants in a manner that is consistent with the provision of quality health care and medical services for the citizens of Iowa.
4. The board of medical examiners shall adopt rules requiring a physician serving as a supervising physician to notify the board of the identity of a physician assistant the physician is supervising, and of any change in the status of the supervisory relationship.
88 Acts, ch 1225, §14; 2003 Acts, ch 93, §4, 5, 14
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