West Virginia Code 30-3E-17 – Complaint process
(a) All hearings and procedures related to denial of a license, and all complaints, investigations, hearings, and procedures regarding a physician assistant license and the discipline accorded thereto, shall be in accordance with the processes and procedures set forth in either §30-3-1 et seq. or § 30-14-1 et seq. of this code, depending on which board licenses the physician assistant.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-3E-17
- Boards: means the West Virginia Board of Medicine and the West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine. See West Virginia Code 30-3E-1
- 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
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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
(b) The boards may impose the same discipline, restrictions, and/or limitations upon the license of a physician assistant as they are authorized to impose upon physicians and/or podiatrists.
(c) The boards shall direct to the appropriate licensing board a complaint against a physician assistant and/or a collaborating physician.
(d) In the event that independent complaint processes are warranted by the boards with respect to the professional conduct of a physician assistant or a collaborating physician, the boards are authorized to work cooperatively and to disclose to one another information which may assist the recipient appropriate licensing board in its disciplinary process. The determination of what information, if any, to disclose shall be at the discretion of the disclosing board.
(e) A physician assistant licensed under this article may not be disciplined for providing expedited partner therapy in accordance with § 16-4F-1 et seq. of this code.