1. (a) Supervision by the supervising physician or the physician designee must be continuous but does not require the physical presence of the supervising physician at the time and the place that the services are rendered.
2. (b) A supervising physician or physician designee shall review patient encounters not later than ten (10) business days, and within a reasonable time, as established in the supervising agreement, after the physician assistant has seen the patient, that is appropriate for the maintenance of quality medical care.

3. (c) The supervising physician or physician designee shall review within a reasonable time that is not later than ten (10) business days after a patient encounter, that is appropriate for the maintenance of quality medical care, at least the following percentages of the patient charts:

   1. (1) For the first year of practice of the physician assistant, at least twenty-five percent (25%).
   2. (2) For each subsequent year of practice of the physician assistant, the percentage of charts that the physician or physician designee determines to be reasonable for the particular practice setting and level of experience of the physician assistant, as stated in the supervising agreement, that is appropriate for the maintenance of quality medical care.

   3. (3) For the first year in which a physician assistant obtains authority to prescribe a Schedule II controlled substance under IC 25-27.5-5-4 , fifty percent (50%) of the patient records for which a Schedule II controlled substance is being dispensed or prescribed.

      However, if the physician assistant's employment changes to a different practice speciality, the chart review described in subdivision (1) is required for the first year.

As added by P.L.227-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.197-2011, SEC.123; P.L.102-2013, SEC.4; P.L.135-2015, SEC.3.