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An Act To Amend the Rights and Liabilities of the Supervising Physician of a Physician Assistant
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  37-B MRSA §185, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:
 
1-A.  Immunity from civil and criminal liability for supervising physician.   Subsection 1 applies to the supervising physician of a physician assistant under Title 32, section 2594-B or 3270-B:
 
A.  With regard to any act of the physician assistant in providing services to individuals not on active state service;
 
B.  When the physician assistant is on active state service in the performance of the physician assistant's duty; and
 
C.  When the supervising physician is not on active state service.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 124th Legislature, Second Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.