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Can a Physician Assistant Baker Act a patient?
The Council, at a meeting held August 9, 2007 and the Board of Medicine at its August 11, 2007 meeting, reaffirmed the position that Physician Assistant’s may Baker Act patients as this is considered the practice of medicine. The Florida Department of Children and Families asserts that there is no statutory authority in Chapter 394, F.S., for physician assistants to execute a certificate for an involuntary examination. Physician assistants must attain this authority through affirmative action of the legislature. For more discussion see: http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/mentalhealth/laws/index.shtml
Dispensing PA’s
HB 1007 passed during the 2007 Legislative Session and amends s. 458.347, F.S. and s. 459.022, F.S. This amendment allows physician assistants to dispense non-controlled substances in accordance with his supervising physician’s dispensing privileges. There is no fee to register and at this time, there are no forms to complete. The Council is reviewing changes to the Supervision Data Form so please stay tuned to the web page for more information. In the meantime, please send a letter with the following information if you will be dispensing:
• Physician Assistant’s name and license number
• Supervising physician’s name for which the PA is dispensing and his/her specialty area
ATTN: PRESCRIBING
PRACTITIONERS - Change in Law -
Effective July 1, 2003, SB 2084 provides the following:
Section 1. Section 456.42, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
456.42 Written prescriptions for medicinal drugs.--A written
prescription for a medicinal drug issued by a health care
practitioner licensed by law to prescribe such drug must be
legibly printed or typed so as to be capable of being understood
by the pharmacist filling the prescription; must contain the name
of the prescribing practitioner, the name and strength of the drug
prescribed, the quantity of the drug prescribed in both textual
and numerical formats, and the directions for use of the drug;
must be dated with the month written out in textual letters; and
must be signed by the prescribing practitioner on the day when
issued.
The Federation of State Medical Boards provides
primary source verification of Physician Assistant’s credentials,
which is acceptable by the Florida Council on Physician
Assistants. For information on how to establish a permanent
lifetime portfolio of primary source verification call the
Federation Credentials Verification Service at (888) 275-3287 or
visit their web site at www.fsmb.org
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