Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1360.32 – Assumption of professional liability
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1360.32
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Health care organization or entity: means any entity or organization providing health care services which is licensed or regulated under Title 40 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 or regulations promulgated by the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1360.22
- Physician: means a person who is licensed to practice medicine in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1360.22
- Physician assistant: means a health professional qualified by academic and clinical education and licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to provide health care services at the direction and under the supervision of a physician or a group of physicians approved by the board as a supervising physician. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1360.22
- Supervising physician: means a physician who has been approved by the board to supervise a physician assistant. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 37:1360.22
When a physician assistant is supervised by a physician or group practice of physicians or a professional medical corporation or a hospital or other health care organization or entity, the physician assistant shall be supervised by and be the legal responsibility of the supervising physician or group practice or professional medical corporation or other hospital or other health care organization or entity and the supervising physician. The legal responsibility for the physician assistant’s patient care activities, including care and treatment that is provided in health care facilities, shall remain that of the supervising physician, group practice of physicians, or a professional medical corporation or a hospital or other health care organization or entity.
Acts 1993, No. 662, §1, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 1995, No. 879, §1; Acts 2015, No. 453, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.