La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-5903

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XLV-5903 - Physician's Responsibilities

A. A physician who employs a person to perform diagnostic or therapeutic examination or treatment or both in the private office of that physician or in a clinic in which that physician practices shall ensure that the person so employed has a certificate issued under Chapter 29 of these rules in his personal possession and that the employed person performs such examinations or treatment only under the direct supervision of a physician.

B. Each physician who employs any person to perform diagnostic or therapeutic radiological examination or treatment or both in the private office of that physician or in a clinic in which that physician practices shall report to the State Board of Medical Examiners annually as a condition for issuance or renewal of that physician's licensure to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana the following information on each person so employed:

1. name of the employee;

2. address at which that employee performs diagnostic or therapeutic radiological examination or treatment or both;

3. initial date of employment of that person with that physician;

4. any exemption claimed for that person under Chapter 29; and

5. certification by the physician that the person employed is proficient in, and is competent to perform, radiological examination or treatment or both only under the direct supervision of a physician.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-5903

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 13:577 (October 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1292.