Arizona Revised Statutes (Last Updated: March 31, 2016) |
Title 32. Professions and Occupations |
Chapter 13. MEDICINE AND SURGERY |
Article 3. Regulation |
Sec 32-1456. Medical assistants; use of title; violation; classification
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A. A medical assistant may perform the following medical procedures under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner:
1. Take body fluid specimens.
2. Administer injections.
B. The board by rule may prescribe other medical procedures which a medical assistant may perform under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner on a determination by the board that the procedures may be competently performed by a medical assistant.
C. Without the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner, a medical assistant may perform the following tasks:
1. Billing and coding.
2. Verifying insurance.
3. Making patient appointments.
4. Scheduling.
5. Recording a doctor's findings in patient charts and transcribing materials in patient charts and records.
6. Performing visual acuity screening as part of a routine physical.
7. Taking and recording patient vital signs and medical history on medical records.
D. The board by rule shall prescribe medical assistant training requirements.
E. A person who uses the title medical assistant or a related abbreviation is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless that person is working as a medical assistant under the direct supervision of a doctor of medicine, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.