Ohio § 4730.41 Physician assistant's authority under certificate to prescribe

Ohio Statutes

§ 4730.41 — Physician assistant's authority under certificate to prescribe

Ohio § 4730.41

Title 47Occupations-Professions

Ch. 4730Physician Assistants

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 4730.41 (2026).

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(A)A physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board is authorized to prescribe and personally furnish drugs and therapeutic devices in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority.

(B)In exercising physician-delegated prescriptive authority, a physician assistant is subject to all of the following:

(1)The physician assistant shall exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority only to the extent that the physician supervising the physician assistant has granted that authority.

(2)The physician assistant shall comply with all conditions placed on the physician-delegated prescriptive authority, as specified by the supervising physician who is supervising the physician assistant in the exercise of physician-delegated prescri

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(A) A physician assistant who holds a valid prescriber number issued by the state medical board is authorized to prescribe and personally furnish drugs and therapeutic devices in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority.

(B) In exercising physician-delegated prescriptive authority, a physician assistant is subject to all of the following:

(1) The physician assistant shall exercise physician-delegated prescriptive authority only to the extent that the physician supervising the physician assistant has granted that authority.

(2) The physician assistant shall comply with all conditions placed on the physician-delegated prescriptive authority, as specified by the supervising physician who is supervising the physician assistant in the exercise of physician-delegated prescriptive authority.

(3) If the physician assistant possesses physician-delegated prescriptive authority for controlled substances, the physician assistant shall register with the federal drug enforcement administration.

(4) If the physician assistant possesses physician-delegated prescriptive authority for schedule II controlled substances, the physician assistant shall comply with section4730.411of the Revised Code.

(5) If the physician assistant possesses physician-delegated prescriptive authority to prescribe for a minor an opioid analgesic, as those terms are defined in sections3719.061and3719.01of the Revised Code, respectively, the physician assistant shall comply with section3719.061of the Revised Code.

(6) The physician assistant shall comply with the requirements of section4730.44of the Revised Code.

(C) A physician assistant shall not prescribe any drug in violation of state or federal law.