The proposed rule amendment is intended to delete the requirement for co-signing medical charts pursuant to recent legislation removing the requirement.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Board of Medicine

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64B8-30.012: Physician Assistant Performance
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The proposed rule amendment is intended to delete the requirement for co-signing medical charts pursuant to recent legislation removing the requirement.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule amendment deletes the requirement for co-signing medical charts.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared. The Board has determined that the proposed rule amendments will not have an impact on small business.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 458.309, 458.347(4)(a), (13) FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 458.347(2), (3), (4), (13) FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN FAW.
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Larry McPherson, Jr., Executive Director, Board of Medicine/MQA, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin # C03, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3253

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

64B8-30.012 Physician Assistant Performance.

(1) through (2) No change.

(3) All tasks and procedures performed by the physician assistant must be documented in the appropriate medical record. During the initial six months of supervision of each physician assistant all documentation by the physician assistant in a medical chart must be reviewed, signed and dated by a supervising physician within seven days. Subsequent thereto, a supervising physician must review, sign and date all documentation by a physician assistant in medical charts within 30 days.

(4) No change.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 458.309, 458.347(4)(a), (13) FS. Law Implemented 458.347(2), (3), (4), (13) FS. History–New 5-13-87, Amended 7-7-87, 11-15-88, 9-15-92, Formerly 21M-17.012, Amended 11-4-93, Formerly 61F6-17.012, 59R-30.012, Amended 10-13-98, 3-28-99, 11-17-03,_________.

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Council on Physician Assistants
NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Board of Medicine
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: October 2, 2009
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: August 28, 2009