The following words and terms used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

"Board" means the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.

"Mid-level practitioners" include physician assistants and advanced practice nurses.

"Primary Care Medicine" means the practice of medicine with emphasis on emergency medicine, family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, and obstetrics and gynecology.

"Proper physician supervision" means the supervising physician regularly and routinely reviews the prescriptive practices and patterns of the mid-level practitioners. Proper physician supervision of mid-level practitioners is essential.

Added at 15 Ok Reg 2762, eff 6-25-98

Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1771, eff 9-11-16

Amended at 39 Ok Reg 2050, eff 9-11-22

Amended at 42 Ok Reg, Number 20, effective 7-11-25