(A)No person shall hold that person out as being able to function as a physician assistant, or use any words or letters indicating or implying that the person is a physician assistant, without a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this chapter.
(B)No person shall practice as a physician assistant without the supervision, control, and direction of a physician.
(C)No person shall practice as a physician assistant without having entered into a supervision agreement with a supervising physician under section4730.19of the Revised Code.
(D)No person acting as the supervising physician of a physician assistant shall authorize the physician assistant to perform services if either of the following is the case:
(1)The services are not within the ph
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(A) No person shall hold that person out as being able to function as a physician assistant, or use any words or letters indicating or implying that the person is a physician assistant, without a current, valid license to practice as a physician assistant issued pursuant to this chapter.
(B) No person shall practice as a physician assistant without the supervision, control, and direction of a physician.
(C) No person shall practice as a physician assistant without having entered into a supervision agreement with a supervising physician under section4730.19of the Revised Code.
(D) No person acting as the supervising physician of a physician assistant shall authorize the physician assistant to perform services if either of the following is the case:
(1) The services are not within the physician's normal course of practice and expertise;
(2) The services are inconsistent with the supervision agreement under which the physician assistant is being supervised, including, if applicable, the policies of the health care facility in which the physician and physician assistant are practicing.
(E) No person practicing as a physician assistant shall prescribe any drug or device to perform or induce an abortion, or otherwise perform or induce an abortion.
(F) No person shall advertise to provide services as a physician assistant, except for the purpose of seeking employment.
(G) No person practicing as a physician assistant shall fail to wear at all times when on duty a placard, plate, or other device identifying that person as a "physician assistant."
(H) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a person who meets all of the following conditions:
(1) The person holds in good standing a valid license or other form of authority to practice as a physician assistant issued by another state.
(2) The person is practicing as a volunteer without remuneration during a charitable event that lasts not more than seven days.
(3) The medical care provided by the person will be supervised by the medical director of the charitable event or by another physician.
When a person meets the conditions of this division, the person shall be deemed to hold, during the course of the charitable event, a license to practice as a physician assistant from the state medical board and shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter authorizing the board to take disciplinary action against a license holder. Not less than seven calendar days before the first day of the charitable event, the person or the event's organizer shall notify the board of the person's intent to practice as a physician assistant at the event. During the course of the charitable event, the person's scope of practice is limited to the procedures that a physician assistant licensed under this chapter is authorized to perform unless the person's scope of practice in the other state is more restrictive than in this state. If the latter is the case, the person's scope of practice is limited to the procedures that a physician assistant in the other state may perform.