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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A relating to the licensing and regulation of physician assistants, including but not limited to:
(a) Temporary licensing;
(b) Professional standards for prescribing and administering controlled substances; and
(c) Professional standards for prescribing or administering Buprenorphine-Mono-Product or Buprenorphine-Combined-with-Naloxone.
(2) The board shall establish a nine (9) member Physician Assistant Advisory Committee that shall review and make recommendations to the board regarding all matters relating to physician assistants that come before the board, including but not limited to:
(a) Applications for physician assistant licensing;
(b) Licensing renewal requirements;
(c) Approval of supervising physicians;
(d) Disciplinary actions; and
(e) Promulgation and revision of administrative regulations.
(3) Members of the Physician Assistant Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the board for four (4) year terms and shall consist of:
(a) Five (5) practicing physician assistants;
(b) Two (2) supervising physicians;
(c) One (1) member of the board; and
(d) One (1) citizen at large.
(4) The chairperson of the committee shall be elected by a majority vote of the committee members and shall be responsible for presiding over meetings that shall be held on a regular basis.
(5) Members shall receive reimbursement for expenditures relating to attendance at committee meetings consistent with state policies for reimbursement of travel expenses for state employees.
(6) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require licensing of a physician assistant student enrolled in a physician assistant or surgeon assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for Physician Assistants or its successor agencies or of a physician assistant employed in the service of the federal government while performing duties relating to that employment.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Occupations and Professions § 311.842.Administrative regulations; Physician Assistant Advisory Committee; physician assistant students - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ky/title-xxvi-occupations-and-professions/ky-rev-st-sect-311-842/
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