# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 32 — Board of Physicians

### Chapter 12 — Delegation of Acts by a Licensed Physician

#### Regulation .03 Standards for the Licensed Physician Delegating to an Assistant.

*COMAR 10.32.12.03*

A. A licensed physician who delegates shall:

  (1) Evaluate the risk to the patient and the outcome of the delegated acts;

  (2) Delegate only those technical acts that are customary to the practice of the licensed physician;

  (3) Delegate only those technical acts for which the assistant has been trained;

  (4) Be responsible for the acts of the assistant; and

  (5) Supervise the assistant.

B. The responsibility for the delegated act cannot be transferred from the delegating physician to another licensed physician without:

  (1) The expressed consent of the other physician; and

  (2) Informing the assistant.