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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 17. BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS |
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Chapter 17-49. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS |
Section 17-4999. DEFINITIONS
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4999.1When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Act - the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1201.01 et seq.
Administer - to give a prescription drug by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means of direct application to the body of a patient.
Board - as delegated to do so by a supervising physician the Board of Medicine, established by § 203(a) of the Act, D.C. Official Code § 3-1202.03(a) (2001).
Committee - the Advisory Committee on Physician Assistants, established by § 203(d) of the Act, D.C. Official Code § 3-1202.03(d) (2001).
Controlled substance - a drug defined as a controlled substance in one of the following acts or rules promulgated pursuant thereto:
(a)The Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.; or
(b)The District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981, D.C. Official Code § 48-901.01 et seq. (2001).
Delegation agreement - a written agreement describing the manner and extent to which the physician assistant will practice and be supervised, including identification of each supervising physician who will supervise the physician assistant and other such information as the Board may require.
Dispense - to distribute a prescription drug to a patient or the patient's agent, including the prescribing, packaging, labeling, and compounding necessary to prepare the prescription drug for distribution.
Legend drug - a drug with the phrase "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" stated on its label.
Physician - a person licensed to practice medicine under the Act, including an osteopath.
Physician assistant - a person licensed to practice as a physician assistant under the Act.
Prescription drug - one of the following drugs:
(a)A drug which under federal law is required, prior to being dispensed or delivered, to be labeled in substance with either of the following statements:
(1)"Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without prescription"; or
(2)"Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian";
(b)A drug that is required by any applicable federal or District law or regulation to be dispensed by prescription only; or
(c)A drug that is restricted to use by health and allied practitioners for research.
Supervising physician - a physician who supervises a physician assistant under the terms of a written delegation agreement registered by the Board.
4999.2The definitions in the Act and in § 4099 of this title are incorporated by reference into and are applicable to this chapter.