311.850 Discipline of physician assistants.
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(1)The board may revoke, suspend, deny, decline to renew, limit, or restrict the
license of a physician assistant, or may fine, reprimand or place a physician
assistant on probation for no more than five
(5)years upon proof that a
physician assistant has:
(a)Knowingly made or presented or caused to be made or presented any
false, fraudulent, or forged statement, writing, certificate, diploma, or other
document relating to an application for licensure;
(b)Practiced, aided, or abetted in the practice of fraud, forgery, deception,
collusion, or conspiracy relating to an examination for licensure;
(c)Been convicted of a crime as defined in KRS 335B.010, if in accordance
with KRS Chapter 335B;
(d)Been convicted of a misdemeanor offense under KRS Chapter 510
involving a patient or a felony offense under KRS Chapter 510, KRS
530.064, or 531.310, or has been found by the board to have had sexual
contact, as defined in KRS 510.010, with a patient while the patient was
under the care of the physician assistant or the physician assistant's
supervising physician;
(e)Become addicted to a controlled substance, as defined in KRS
311.550(26);
(f)Become a chronic or persistent alcoholic, as defined in KRS 311.550(25);
(g)Been unable or is unable to practice medicine according to acceptable
and prevailing standards of care by reason of mental or physical illness or
other condition including but not limited to physical deterioration that
adversely affects cognitive, motor, or perceptive skills, or by reason of an
extended absence from the active practice of medicine;
(h)Knowingly made or caused to be made or aided or abetted in the making
of a false statement in any document executed in connection with the
practice of medicine or osteopathy;
(i)Performed any act or service as a physician assistant without a
designated supervising physician;
(j)Exceeded the scope of medical services described by the supervising
physician in the applications required under KRS 311.854;
(k)Exceeded the scope of practice for which the physician assistant was
credentialed by the governing board of a hospital or licensed health care
facility under KRS 311.856 and 311.858;
(l)Aided, assisted, or abetted the unlawful practice of medicine or
osteopathy or any healing art, including the unlawful practice of physician
assistants;
(m)Willfully violated a confidential communication;
(n)Performed the services of a physician assistant in an unprofessional,
incompetent, or grossly or chronically negligent manner;
(o)Been removed, suspended, expelled, or placed on probation by any
health care facility or professional society for unprofessional conduct,
incompetence, negligence, or violation of any provision of this section or
KRS 311.858 or 311.862;
(p)Violated any applicable provision of administrative regulations relating to
physician assistant practice;
(q)Violated any term of probation or other discipline imposed by the board;
(r)Failed to complete the required number of hours of approved continuing
education;
(s)Engaged in dishonorable, unethical, or unprofessional conduct of
character likely to deceive, defraud, or harm the public or any member
thereof, as described in KRS 311.597; or
(t)As provided in KRS 311.824(2), been convicted of a violation of KRS
311.823(2).
(2)All disciplinary proceedings against a physician assistant shall be conducted in
accordance with the provisions of KRS 311.591, 311.592, 311.593, 311.599,
and KRS Chapter 13B and related administrative regulations promulgated
under KRS Chapter 311.