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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-34-105. Performance of tasks in accordance with job description.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-34-105. Performance of tasks in accordance with job description.

On receipt of notice of the board’s approval, a physician assistant, under the direction of the applying physician, may perform the tasks described in the job description, provided that nothing in this Code section shall make unlawful the performance of a medical task by the physician assistant, whether or not such task is specified in the general job description, when it is performed under the direct supervision and in the presence of the physician utilizing him or her.

## History

Ga. L. 1972, p. 676, § 6; Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.