§ 148C.4 — Services performed by physician assistants

Iowa § 148C.4

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IV: PUBLIC HEALTH
• Ch. 148C: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

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1. A physician assistant may provide any legal medical service for which the physician
assistant has been prepared by the physician assistant’s education, training, or experience
and is competent to perform. For the purposes of this section, “legal medical service for
which the physician assistant has been prepared by the physician assistant’s education,
training, or experience and is competent to perform” includes but is not limited to 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 correctional institution listed in section
904.102, a Medicare-certified home health agency, or a Medicare-certified hospice program
or facility.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to this chapter
or authorized to practice in any other state or federal jurisdiction who voluntarily and
gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of the physician assistant’s employment
or practice, responds to a need for medical care created by an emergency or a state or local
disaster may render such care that the physician assistant is able to provide. A physician
assistant, who voluntarily and gratuitously, and other than in the ordinary course of the
physician assistant’s employment or practice, responds to a need for medical care created by
an emergency or a state or local disaster shall not be subject to criminal liability by reason
of having provided such care, and shall not be liable for civil damages for acts or omissions
relating to such care unless the acts or omissions constitute recklessness.
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3. The degree of collaboration between a physician assistant and the appropriate member
ofahealthcareteamshallbedeterminedatthepracticelevel,andmayinvolvedecisionsmade
by the medical group, hospital service, supervising physician, or employer of the physician
assistant, or the credentialing and privileging system of a licensed health care facility. A
physician assistant shall be responsible for the services performed by the physician assistant
that are not performed under the supervision of a physician.

Legislative History

[C73, 75, 77, 79, §148B.4; C81, §148C.4]