Oklahoma § 59-519.2 - Definitions

§ 59-519.2. Definitions

As used in the Physician Assistant Act:

1. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure and

Supervision;

2. "Committee" means the Physician Assistant Committee;

3. "Practice of medicine" means services which require training

in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease, including the

use and administration of drugs, and which are performed by

physician assistants so long as such services are within the

physician assistants' skill. For a physician assistant required to

practice under supervision of a delegating physician, services form

a component of the physician's scope of practice, and are provided

with physician supervision, including authenticating by signature

any form that may be authenticated by the delegating physician's

signature with prior delegation by the physician;

4. "Physician assistant" means a health care professional,

qualified by academic and clinical education and licensed by the

State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, to practice

medicine as a physician assistant;

5. "Delegating physician" means an individual holding a license

in good standing as a physician from the State Board of Medical

Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic

Examiners, who supervises one or more physician assistants and

delegates decision making pursuant to the practice agreement;

6. "Supervision" means overseeing or delegating the activities

of the medical services rendered by a physician assistant through a

practice agreement between a delegating physician and the physician

assistant working jointly toward a common goal of providing

services. Delegation shall be defined by the practice agreement.

The physical presence of the delegating physician is not required as

long as the delegating physician and physician assistant are or can

be easily in contact with each other by telecommunication. At all

times a physician assistant required to practice under supervision

shall be considered an agent of the delegating physician;

7. "Telecommunication" means the use of electronic technologies

to transmit words, sounds or images for interpersonal communication,

clinical care (telemedicine) and review of electronic health

records; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 59. Professions and Occupations

8. "Practice agreement" means a written agreement between a

physician assistant and a delegating physician concerning the scope

of practice of the physician assistant to only be determined by the

delegating physician and the physician assistant based on the

education, training, skills and experience of the physician

assistant. The agreement shall involve the joint formulation,

discussion and agreement on the methods of supervision and

collaboration for diagnosis, consultation and treatment of medical

conditions and shall include the scope of and any limitations on

prescribing. A practice agreement is required for a physician

assistant as described in subsection C of Section 519.6 of this

title.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 289, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 1993. Amended

by Laws 1997, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. April 7, 1997; Laws 1998, c.

128, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 2001, c. 385, § 2, eff. Nov. 1,

2001; Laws 2015, c. 163, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2020, c. 154,

§ 1; Laws 2025, c. 343, § 3.