§ 37:1360.32 — Assumption of professional liability

Louisiana § 37:1360.32

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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§1360.32. Assumption of professional liability
When a physician assistant is supervised by a physician or group practice of
physicians or a professional medical corporation or a hospital or other health care
organization or entity, the physician assistant shall be supervised by and be the legal
responsibility of the supervising physician or group practice or professional medical
corporation or other hospital or other health care organization or entity and the supervising
physician. The legal responsibility for the physician assistant's patient care activities,
including care and treatment that is provided in health care facilities, shall remain that of the
supervising physician, group practice of physicians, or a professional medical corporation
or a hospital or other health care organization or entity.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 662, §1, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 879, §1; Acts 2015, No. 453, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.