(1) "Alternate physician supervisor" or " alternate" means a South Carolina licensed physician currently possessing an active, unrestricted permanent license to practice medicine in South Carolina who accepts the responsibility to supervise a physician assistant's activities in the absence of the supervising physician and this physician is approved by the board in writing.
(2) "Board" means the Board of Medical Examiners of South Carolina.
(3) "Committee" means the Physician Assistant Committee as established by this article as an advisory committee responsible to the board.
(4) "NCCPA" means the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Inc., the agency recognized to examine and evaluate the education of physician assistants, or its successor organization as recognized by the board.
(5) "Physician assistant" means a health care professional licensed to assist in the practice of medicine with a physician supervisor.
(6) "Physician supervisor" means a South Carolina licensed physician currently possessing an active, unrestricted permanent license to practice medicine in South Carolina who is approved to supervise no more than two physician assistants.
(7) "Supervising" means overseeing the activities of, and accepting responsibility for, the medical services rendered by a physician assistant in a manner approved by the board.