Articles Tagged with standard of care for physician assistant

There are a significant number of cases of interest to Tennessee tort lawyers pending before the Tennessee Supreme Court.  One of those cases is Cox v. M.A. Primary and Urgent Care Clinic, 2009 WL 230242 (Tenn. Ct. App. 230242 (Jan. 30, 2009). 

The issue in the case is the appropriate standard of care for a physician’s assistant.  The Court of Appeals ruled as follows:

the services provided by a physician assistant are provided under the supervision of a licensed physician and within the scope of practice of that physician, who is responsible for the treatment rendered by the physician assistant. Consequently, the standard of care applicable to a physician assistant is that of the supervising physician in the community in which the supervising physician practices.