# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 32 — Board of Physicians

### Chapter 04 — Delegation of Duties by a Licensed Physician-Psychiatrist to a Psychiatrist's Assistant

#### Regulation .08 Responsibility of the Psychiatrist.

*COMAR 10.32.04.08*

A. A record of patient reviews with the psychiatrist's assistant shall be kept on file and shall include a summary of the psychiatrist's observations and recommendations.

B. A psychiatrist may not assign the ultimate responsibility for diagnosis or therapy to a psychiatrist's assistant.

C. Notwithstanding any provision contained in these regulations, a psychiatrist may not assign to a psychiatrist's assistant the duty of independently prescribing or dispensing drugs.