§ 3701. Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have\nthe following powers and duties: 1. to promulgate regulations defining\nand restricting the duties which may be assigned to physician assistants\nby their supervising physician, the degree of supervision required and\nthe manner in which such duties may be performed;\n 2. to conduct and support continuing studies respecting the nature and\nscope of the duties of physician assistants in order to promote their\neffective functioning as members of the health care team;\n 3. to determine the desirability of and to establish rules for\nrequiring continuing education of physician assistants;\n 4. to furnish the education department with suggested criteria which\nmay be used by the education department to help determine whether an\napplicant for licensure as a physician assistant possesses equivalent\neducation and training, such as experience as a nurse or military\ncorpsman, which may be accepted in lieu of all or part of an approved\nprogram;\n 5. to adopt such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or\nappropriate to carry out the purposes of this article.\n
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