West Virginia Code § 30-3E-17

Complaint process
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(a) All hearings and procedures related to denial of a license, and all complaints,
investigations, hearings, and procedures regarding a physician assistant license and the
discipline accorded thereto, shall be in accordance with the processes and procedures set
forth in either §30-3-1 et seq. or §30-14-1 et seq. of this code, depending on which board
licenses the physician assistant. e
(b) The boards may impose the same discipline, restrictions, and/or limitations upon the
license of a physician assistant as they are authorized to impose upon physicians and/or
podiatrists. u
(c) The boards shall direct to the appropriate licensing board a complaint against a physician
assistant and/or a collaborating physician.
(d) In the event that independent complaint processes are warranted by the boards with
respect to the professional conduct of a physician alssistant or a collaborating physician, the
boards are authorized to work cooperatively asnd to disclose to one another information
which may assist the recipient appropriate licensing board in its disciplinary process. The
determination of what information, if any, ito disclose shall be at the discretion of the
disclosing board. g
(e) A physician assistant licensed under this article may not be disciplined for providing
expedited partner therapy in accordance with §16-4F-1 et seq. of this code.

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