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As of July 1, 2010, Physician Assistants are no longer required by law to obtain or provide evidence of clinical experience in the specialty area of the supervising physician prior to prescribing or dispensing medication assuming that all other requirements, including applying for and being granted licensure as a Prescribing Physician Assistant, are met. The Prescribing Physician Assistant application is available on our website here: http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/PhysAsst/pa_applications.html

• Senate Bill 1986 regarding Health Care Fraud and Convictions

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 Department of Children and Families requested an opinion from the Attorney Generals Office regarding this issue. The Attorney Generals Office issued an opinion that PAs can Baker Act. See Advisory Legal Opinion for more information.

PAs with Specialty Areas: Please be sure to update the Board of Medicine when you are no longer practicing in a particular specialty area. This is important if you are pulled for a CE audit. You will be required to provide an additional 10 hours of CE in each specialty area on file for each biennium. So, it is important that your specialty areas on file with the Board is accurate.

• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Information


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