For purposes of this subpart:
- (1) "Delegate" means to authorize a qualified and properly trained employee to perform a medical practice that does not conflict with a provision of the Arkansas Code that specifically authorizes an individual to perform a particular practice;
- (2) "Medical assistant" means an employee of a physician who has been delegated medical practices or tasks and who has not been licensed by or specifically authorized to perform the practice or task pursuant to other provisions of Arkansas law;
- (3) "Medical practice" means those tasks or functions that are delegated to a qualified and properly trained employee, including the administration of drugs, pursuant to Acts 2009, No. 472, and this subpart;
- (4) "Physician" means an individual licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas; and
- (5) "Supervision" means the act by a physician in directing and overseeing an employee who performs a delegated medical practice.