West Virginia Code 30-3E-15 – Summer camp or volunteer endorsement — West Virginia licensee
(a) The appropriate licensing board may grant a summer camp or volunteer endorsement to provide services at a children’s summer camp or volunteer services for a public or community event to a physician assistant who:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-3E-15
- Collaborating physician: means a doctor of medicine, osteopathy, or podiatry fully licensed, by the appropriate board in this state, without restriction or limitation, who collaborates with physician assistants. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
- Endorsement: means a summer camp or volunteer endorsement authorized under this article. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
- License: means a license issued by either of the boards pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
- Physician: means a doctor of allopathic or osteopathic medicine who is fully licensed pursuant to the provisions of either §. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
- Physician assistant: means a person who meets the qualifications set forth in this article and is licensed pursuant to this article to practice medicine with a collaborating physician. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
(1) Is currently licensed by the appropriate licensing board;
(2) Has no current discipline, limitations or restrictions on his or her license;
(3) Has submitted a timely application; and
(4) Attests that:
(A) The organizers of the summer camp and public or community event have arranged for a collaborating physician to be available as needed to the physician assistant;
(B) The physician assistant shall limit his or her scope of practice to medical acts which are within his or her education, training and experience; and
(C) The physician assistant will not prescribe any controlled substances or legend drugs as part of his or her practice at the summer camp or public or community event.
(b) A physician assistant may only receive one summer camp or volunteer endorsement annually. The endorsement is active for one specifically designated period annually, which period cannot exceed three weeks.
(c) A fee cannot be assessed for the endorsement if the physician assistant is volunteering his or her services without compensation or remuneration.