Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 24-2-16 - Mental and Physical Examination16.1. The Board under any circumstances may require a licensed physician assistant or a person applying for licensure or other authorization to practice as a physician assistant in this state to submit to a physical or mental examination by a physician or physicians approved by the Board. The expense of the examination shall be paid by the Board.16.2. A physician assistant submitting to an examination has the right, at his or her expense, to designate another physician to be present at the examination and make an independent report to the Board.16.3. Any individual who applies for or accepts the privilege of practicing as a physician assistant in this state is considered to have given his or her consent to submit to all examinations when requested to do so in writing by the Board and to have waived all objections to the admissibility of the testimony or examination report of any examining physician on the ground that the testimony or report is privileged communication.16.4. If a person fails or refuses to submit to an examination under circumstances which the Board finds are not beyond his or her control, failure or refusal is prima facie evidence of his or her inability to practice as a physician assistant competently and in compliance with the standards of acceptable and prevailing physician assistant practice.