(1) "Physician assistant" means a person who is licensed in accordance with ORS 677.505 to 677.525.
(2) "Practice agreement" means a written agreement between a physician assistant and a supervising physician or supervising physician organization that describes the manner in which the services of the physician assistant will be used.
(3) "Supervising physician" means a physician licensed under ORS 677.100 to 677.228, or a podiatric physician and surgeon licensed under ORS 677.805 to 677.840, who supervises a physician assistant.
(4) "Supervising physician organization" means a group of supervising physicians that collectively supervises a physician assistant.
(5) "Supervision" means the acts of overseeing and accepting responsibility for the medical services provided by a physician assistant in accordance with a practice agreement, including regular and routine oversight and chart review. [Formerly 677.012; 1983 c.486 §45; 1987 c.660 §24; 1989 c.830 §30; 1999 c.119 §1; 1999 c.582 §1; 2001 c.744 §§3,4; 2005 c.366 §1; 2007 c.347 §1; 2010 c.43 §1; 2011 c.550 §1; 2017 c.352 §1]
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