WSR 23-07-024
INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
[Filed March 6, 2023, 11:06 a.m.]
NOTICE OF ADOPTION
OF INTERPRETIVE STATEMENT
Title of Interpretive Statement: Physician Assistants Ordering Restraint and Seclusion, INS2023-02.
Issuing Entity: Washington medical commission.
Subject Matter: Physicians assistants are not prohibited from ordering patient restraint and seclusion as long as it is in the supervising physician's scope of practice and is not prohibited by the practice agreement.
Effective Date: January 13, 2023.
Contact Person: Michael Farrell, JD, Policy Development Manager, 16201 East Indiana Avenue, Suite 1500, Spokane Valley, WA 99203, 509-329-2186, michael.farrell@wmc.wa.gov.