Indiana § 25-27.5-5-2 Practice with collaborating physician; examination by physician;
collaborative agreement

Indiana Statutes

§ 25-27.5-5-2 — Practice with collaborating physician; examination by physician; collaborative agreement

Indiana § 25-27.5-5-2

Title 25PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Art. 27.5PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

Ch. 5Scope of Practice

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 25-27.5-5-2 (2026).

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(a)A physician assistant:

(1)must engage in a dependent practice with a collaborating physician; and

(2)may not be independent from the collaborating physician, including any of the activities of other health care providers set forth under IC 25-22.5-1-2(a)(1) through IC 25-22.5-1-2(a)(19). A physician assistant may perform, under a collaborative agreement, the duties and responsibilities that are delegated by the collaborating physician and that are within the collaborating physician's scope of practice, including prescribing and dispensing drugs and medical devices. A patient may elect to be seen, examined, and treated by the collaborating physician.

(b)If a physician assistant determines that a patient needs to be examined by a physician, the physician assistant shall immediately no

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(a) A physician assistant:
(1) must engage in a dependent practice with a collaborating
physician; and
(2) may not be independent from the collaborating physician,
including any of the activities of other health care providers set
forth under IC 25-22.5-1-2(a)(1) through IC 25-22.5-1-2(a)(19).
A physician assistant may perform, under a collaborative agreement,
the duties and responsibilities that are delegated by the collaborating
physician and that are within the collaborating physician's scope of
practice, including prescribing and dispensing drugs and medical
devices. A patient may elect to be seen, examined, and treated by the
collaborating physician.
(b) If a physician assistant determines that a patient needs to be
examined by a physician, the physician assistant shall immediately
notify the collaborating physician or physician designee.
(c) If a physician assistant notifies the collaborating physician that
the physician should examine a patient, the collaborating physician
shall:
(1) schedule an examination of the patient unless the patient
declines; or
(2) arrange for another physician to examine the patient.
(d) A collaborating physician or physician assistant who does not
comply with subsections (b) and (c) is subject to discipline under IC 25-1-9.
(e) A physician assistant's collaborative agreement with a
collaborating physician must:
(1) be in writing;
(2) include all the tasks delegated to the physician assistant by the
collaborating physician;
(3) set forth the collaborative agreement for the physician
assistant, including the emergency procedures that the physician
assistant must follow; and
(4) specify the protocol the physician assistant shall follow in
prescribing a drug.
(f) The physician shall submit the collaborative agreement to the
board. The physician assistant may prescribe a drug under the
collaborative agreement unless the board denies the collaborative
agreement. Any amendment to the collaborative agreement must be
resubmitted to the board, and the physician assistant may operate under
any new prescriptive authority under the amended collaborative
agreement unless the agreement has been denied by the board.
(g) A physician or a physician assistant who violates the
collaborative agreement described in this section may be disciplined
under IC 25-1-9.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.227-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.90-2007, SEC.24; P.L.177-2009, SEC.55; P.L.197-2011, SEC.120; P.L.168-2016, SEC.8; P.L.247-2019, SEC.13.