(a) Except as specified in subsection (b), each physician assistant shall communicate with the supervising physician or substitute supervising physician concerning a patient's condition if the physician assistant believes that the patient's condition may require either of the following:
- (1) Any treatment that the physician assistant has not been authorized to perform; or
- (2) any treatment that exceeds the physician assistant's competence.
- (b) If a patient has an emergency medical condition requiring immediate treatment that the physician assistant has not been authorized to perform, the physician assistant shall communicate with the supervising physician or substitute supervising physician concerning the patient's emergency medical condition as soon as is clinically feasible. The physician assistant shall document that individual's communication with the supervising physician or substitute supervising physician in the patient's medical record.
(Authorized by K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 65-28a03; implementing K.S.A. 2015 Supp. 65-28a08; effective, T-100-2-13-01, Feb. 13, 2001; effective June 1, 2001; amended, T-100-12-10-15, Jan. 11, 2016; amended May 6, 2016.)