Ohio Code 4730.03 – Construction and application
Nothing in this chapter shall:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4730.03
- Health care facility: means any of the following:
(1) A hospital registered with the department of health under section 3701. See Ohio Code 4730.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Physician: means an individual who is authorized under Chapter 4731 of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or podiatric medicine and surgery. See Ohio Code 4730.01
- Physician assistant: means an individual who is licensed under Chapter 4730 of the Revised Code to provide services as a physician assistant to patients under the supervision, control, and direction of one or more physicians. See Ohio Code 1.64
- Service: means a medical activity that requires training in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease. See Ohio Code 4730.01
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) Be construed to affect or interfere with the performance of duties of any medical personnel who are either of the following:
(1) In active service in the army, navy, coast guard, marine corps, air force, public health service, or marine hospital service of the United States while so serving;
(2) Employed by the veterans administration of the United States while so employed.
(B) Prevent any person from performing any of the services a physician assistant may be authorized to perform, if the person’s professional scope of practice established under any other chapter of the Revised Code authorizes the person to perform the services;
(C) Prohibit a physician from delegating responsibilities to any nurse or other qualified person who does not hold a license to practice as a physician assistant, provided that the individual does not hold the individual out to be a physician assistant;
(D) Be construed as authorizing a physician assistant independently to order or direct the execution of procedures or techniques by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse in the care and treatment of a person in any setting, except to the extent that the physician assistant is authorized to do so by a physician who is responsible for supervising the physician assistant and, if applicable, the policies of the health care facility in which the physician assistant is practicing;
(E) Authorize a physician assistant to engage in the practice of optometry, except to the extent that the physician assistant is authorized by a supervising physician acting in accordance with this chapter to perform routine visual screening, provide medical care prior to or following eye surgery, or assist in the care of diseases of the eye;
(F) Be construed as authorizing a physician assistant to prescribe any drug or device to perform or induce an abortion, or as otherwise authorizing a physician assistant to perform or induce an abortion.