Effective: October 15, 2015
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 110 - 131st General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "local anesthesia" means the injection of a drug or combination of drugs to stop or prevent a painful sensation in a circumscribed area of the body where a painful procedure is to be performed. "Local anesthesia" includes only local infiltration anesthesia, digital blocks, and pudendal blocks.
(B) A physician assistant may administer, monitor, or maintain local anesthesia as a component of a procedure the physician assistant is performing or as a separate service when the procedure requiring local anesthesia is to be performed by the physician assistant's supervising physician or another person. A physician assistant shall not administer, monitor, or maintain any other form of anesthesia, including regional anesthesia or any systemic sedation.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 47 | Occupations-Professions
Chapter 4730 | Physician Assistants
Section 4730.01 | Physician Assistant Definitions.
Section 4730.02 | Prohibited Acts.
Section 4730.03 | Construction and Application.
Section 4730.04 | Disaster or Emergency Medical Care.
Section 4730.05 | Physician Assistant Policy Committee.
Section 4730.06 | Recommendations to State Medical Board.
Section 4730.07 | Adoption of Additional Rules.
Section 4730.08 | Certificate to Practice as Physician Assistant.
Section 4730.10 | Applying for License to Practice.
Section 4730.101 | Certificate Applicant to Comply With Rc Chapter 4776.
Section 4730.11 | Eligibility Requirements for Physician Assistant Certificate.
Section 4730.111 | Duty to Inform Board of Change in Certification Status.
Section 4730.12 | Issuing License.
Section 4730.13 | Duplicate Physician Assistant Certificate - Fee.
Section 4730.14 | Renewing License.
Section 4730.15 | Exercise of Physician-Delegated Prescriptive Authority.
Section 4730.19 | Supervision Agreement Approval Procedure.
Section 4730.20 | Services Performed by Physician Assistant.
Section 4730.201 | Administration of Local Anesthesia by Physician Assistant.
Section 4730.202 | Determination of Death by Physician Assistant.
Section 4730.203 | Delegation of Administration of Drug.
Section 4730.21 | Duties of Supervising Physician.
Section 4730.22 | Liability of Physician - Duties of Health Care Facility - Individual Liability.
Section 4730.25 | Disciplinary Actions.
Section 4730.251 | Effect of Child Support Default on Certificate.
Section 4730.252 | Violation; Civil Penalties.
Section 4730.26 | Hearings and Investigations.
Section 4730.27 | Adjudication of Mental Competency.
Section 4730.31 | Reporting Conviction to Medical Board.
Section 4730.32 | Reporting Disciplinary Proceedings.
Section 4730.33 | Secretary of State Medical Board - Duties - Prosecutions.
Section 4730.34 | State Medical Board - Immunity.
Section 4730.38 | Recommendations for Physician-Delegated Prescriptive Authority.
Section 4730.39 | Rules Governing Physician-Delegated Prescriptive Authority.
Section 4730.41 | Physician Assistant's Authority Under Certificate to Prescribe.
Section 4730.411 | Prescription of Schedule II Controlled Substance by Physician Assistant.
Section 4730.42 | Supervising Physician's Delegation Authority - Limitations.
Section 4730.43 | Samples Provided by Physician Assistant.
Section 4730.433 | Epinephrine Autoinjectors.
Section 4730.434 | Overdose Reversal Drugs Prescribed or Furnished Without Examination.
Section 4730.435 | Authorizing Others to Furnish Supplies of Overdose Reversal Drugs.
Section 4730.436 | Authorizing Others to Administer Overdose Reversal Drugs.
Section 4730.437 | Furnishing or Prescribing Glucagon, Immunity.
Section 4730.44 | Exercise of Authority Under On-Site Supervision.
Section 4730.49 | Continuing Education Required for Renewal of License.
Section 4730.54 | Compliance With Law Regarding Sanctions for Human Trafficking.
Section 4730.55 | Medication-Assisted Treatment; Standards and Procedures for Physician Assistants.
Section 4730.56 | Failure to Comply With Applicable Rules and Regulations.