Tennessee § 63-19-203 - Collaboration with orthopedic physician assistant.

§ 63-19-203. Collaboration with orthopedic physician assistant.

A licensed orthopedic physician assistant is authorized to perform services only in collaboration with a licensed orthopedic physician or surgeon within the specialty of orthopedic medicine and surgery, or in collaboration with a licensed podiatrist. Collaboration between a collaborating physician and a licensed orthopedic physician assistant shall require active and continuous overview by the collaborating physician to ensure that the physician's directions, orders, and advice are in fact being implemented, but does not require the constant physical presence of the collaborating physician. The collaborating physician shall, however, make a personal review of historical, physical, and therapeutic data on all patients and their condition and so certify by personal signature in a timely manner. An orthopedic physician assistant collaborating with a licensed podiatrist: Shall not provide services that are outside of the scope of practice of a podiatrist as set forth in § 63-3-101; and Shall comply with the requirements of and any rules adopted pursuant to §§ 63-19-203 — 63-19-205 governing collaboration with a physician assistant. Acts 1995, ch. 337, § 5; 1997, ch. 207, § 5; 2016, ch. 946, §§ 7, 8; 2018, ch. 610, §§ 25-28. Amendments. The 2018 amendment substituted “in collaboration with” for “under the supervision of” twice in (a); in (b), substituted “Collaboration between a collaborating physician and a” for “Supervision of the” at the beginning and substituted “collaborating” for “supervising” throughout; in (c), substituted “collaborating with” for “supervised by” in the introductory language and substituted “collaboration with” for “the supervision of” in (2). Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 610, § 42. July 1, 2018.