Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Medicine
 
chapter
Regulations Governing the Practice of Physician Assistants [18 VAC 85 ‑ 50]
Action Amendment to requirements for patient care team physician or podiatrist consultation and collaboration
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 4/9/2025
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3/21/25  7:56 am
Commenter: Mark Ford

Unneeded regulation
 

Good morning,

Please remove requirement/legislation that requires physicians on the care team to review patient/chart after 2 visits.   It is not helpful and does not improve patient care.  Patient care teams coordinated consistently after one , two or five visits.  Regulations like this become simply "sign offs" and check a box for rules and regulations.  Let the providers treat the patient not treat the chart.

Even with my 26 years of experience, my teams coordinate care on multiple fronts and multiple times.   Help us to clean up the regulations to allow for our time to be spent with the patient. 

Thank you

Mark Ford

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