A physician, office, firm, state institution, or professional service corporation may not employ or make use of the services of a physician assistant in the practice of medicine, as defined in 37-3-102, and as provided in this chapter and a physician assistant may not be employed or practice as a physician assistant unless the physician assistant:

1. (1) is licensed by the board;
2. (2) has paid to the board the applicable fees required by the board; and
3. (3) engages in practice for which the physician assistant is educationally prepared and for which the physician assistant has achieved and maintained competency.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 380, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 97, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 446, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 419, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 467, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 519, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 88, L. 2023.