§ 6549 — Performance of medical services

§ 6549. Performance of medical services. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law, a specialist assistant may perform medical services,\nbut only when under the supervision of a physician and only when such\nacts and duties as are assigned to him or her are related to the\ndesignated medical speciality for which he or she is registered and are\nwithin the scope of practice of his or her supervising physician.\n 2. Supervision shall be continuous but shall not be construed as\nnecessarily requiring the physical presence of the supervising physician\nat the time and place where such services are performed.\n 3. No physician shall employ or supervise more than two specialist\nassistants in his or her private practice.\n 4. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a hospital from employing\nspecialist assistants provided they work under the supervision of a\nphysician designated by the hospital and not beyond the scope of\npractice of such physician. The numerical limitation of subdivision\nthree of this section shall not apply to services performed in a\nhospital.\n 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, nothing shall\nprohibit a physician employed by or rendering services to the department\nof correctional services under contract from supervising no more than\nfour specialist assistants in his or her practice for the department of\ncorrections and community supervision.\n 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a trainee in an\napproved program may perform medical services when such services are\nperformed within the scope of such program.\n 7. Nothing in this article or in article thirty-seven-A of the public\nhealth law, shall be construed to authorize specialist assistants to\nperform those specific functions and duties specifically delegated by\nlaw to those persons licensed as allied health professionals under the\npublic health law or this chapter.\n