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 be adopted as soon as possible after the effective date of this Act and in no event later than December 31, 1988.
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. A decision of the board of physician assistant examiners in a contested case involving discipline of a person licensed as a physician assistant under chapter 148C may be appealed to the board of medical examiners as provided in section 148C.6A.
88 Acts, ch 1225, §14
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