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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 10.32.12.03" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="12" heading="Standards for the Licensed Physician Delegating to an Assistant.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A licensed physician who delegates shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Evaluate the risk to the patient and the outcome of the delegated acts;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Delegate only those technical acts that are customary to the practice of the licensed physician;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Delegate only those technical acts for which the assistant has been trained;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Be responsible for the acts of the assistant; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Supervise the assistant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The responsibility for the delegated act cannot be transferred from the delegating physician to another licensed physician without:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The expressed consent of the other physician; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Informing the assistant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>