Chapter PA 1

Register November 2008 No. 635

Chapter PA 1

AUTHORITY AND DEFINITIONS

PA 1.01   Authority.

PA 1.02   Definitions.

PA 1.01 PA 1.01 Authority. The rules in chs. PA 1 to 4 are adopted by the Physician Assistant Affiliated Credentialing Board pursuant to the authority delegated by ss. 15.085 (5) (b), 440.09 (5), 448.973 (1), and 448.975 (5) (a), Stats.

PA 1.01 History History: EmR2206: cr., eff. 4-1-22; CR 22-064: cr. Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8-1-23; correction made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2023 No. 811.

PA 1.02 PA 1.02 Definitions. As used in chs. PA 1 to 4:

PA 1.02(1) (1) “Alternate collaborator” means a physician or physician assistant who is designated temporary duties of collaboration by the collaborating physician when the collaborating physician is temporarily unavailable.

PA 1.02(2) (2) “Board” means the physician assistant affiliated credentialing board.

PA 1.02(3) (3) “Department” means the department of safety and professional services.

PA 1.02(4) (4) “Educational program” means a program for educating and preparing physician assistants which is approved by the board.

PA 1.02(5) (5) “Physician” has the meaning given in s. 448.01 (5), Stats.

PA 1.02(6) (6) “Physician assistant” means a person licensed under s. 448.974, Stats.

PA 1.02(7) (7) “Physician associate” is analogous to and has the same meaning as “physician assistant.”

PA 1.02(8) (8) “Podiatrist” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (3), Stats.

PA 1.02(9) (9) “Podiatry” or “podiatric medicine and surgery” has the meaning given in s. 448.60 (4), Stats.

PA 1.02 History History: EmR2206: cr., eff. 4-1-22; CR 22-064: cr. Register July 2023 No. 811, eff. 8-1-23; correction in (intro.), (7) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2023 No. 811.