Sure, so long as it is within their scope (and any other limitations imposed
by state statute).  But I am not a PA, physician or lawyer, so doubt that my
opinion qualifies as expert anything on this topic.  

 

With apologies for the rant .

 

I know of one highly competent PA that has been providing profession
services for more than a decade, all services are supervised (and jointly
signed off) by a physician (his employer - thus more than meeting the state
requirement for direct supervision), and happens to be an RVT.  He further
assists in vascular surgery, sees patients for E&M in the office and
hospital, etc.  ARDMS has declined to allow him (or, more specifically, any
nonphysician practitioner) to sit for the RPVI - which, IMHO, is an
arbitrary and capricious decision that limits the utility of the
certification.  That is, if a person is licensed by a state to provide
services and yet is barred from sitting for a given certification, that
certification is not functionally useful as a measure of competence cannot
be a sole requirement used in the state.  But that's just my opinion . 

 

From: UVM Flownet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hank
Arellano
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 12:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Can PA's read vascular studies

 

Flownetters,

Greetings.  To the experts out there.   PA's are allowed to do quite a bit.
Under the "supervison" of  a physician can PA's legally read vascular lab
studies?  

 

Thank you,

 

Hank Arellano

Vascular Institute of the Rockies

Denver, CO

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