The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 26 : Professions and Occupations
Chapter 029 : Anesthesiologist Assistants
(Cite as: 26 V.S.A. § 1657)-
§ 1657. Supervision and scope of practice
(a) The number of anesthesiologist assistants permitted to practice under the direction and supervision of a physician shall be determined by the Board after review of the system of care delivery in which the supervising anesthesiologist and anesthesiologist assistants propose to practice. The authority of an anesthesiologist assistant to practice shall terminate immediately upon dissolution of the anesthesiologist assistant’s employment contract, and the supervising anesthesiologist shall immediately notify the Board and the Commissioner of the Department of Health of such termination. The anesthesiologist assistant’s authority to practice shall not resume until he or she provides proof of another employment contract and protocol as approved under this chapter.
(b) The anesthesiologist assistant’s scope of practice shall be limited to that delegated to the anesthesiologist assistant by the supervising anesthesiologist and for which the anesthesiologist assistant is qualified by education, training, and experience. At no time shall the practice of the anesthesiologist assistant exceed the normal scope of the supervising anesthesiologist’s practice. (Added 2003, No. 34, § 1, eff. May 23, 2003.)
