Information is not currently available.
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No data available for licensed professional counselors ability to diagnose.
No data available for the certification of peer support specialists.
Physician relationship required for practice and prescriptive authority.
The nurse midwife must have a written protocol with an obstetrician-gynecologist. The nurse-midwife may:
NPs are required to work in general collaboration with a physician. The physician is not required to be physically present when services are performed but must be available for consultation. American Samoa Admin. Code §31.0402
NPs are authorized to prescribe medications in general collaboration with a physician. American Samoa Admin. Code §31.0402
Information not currently available.
NPs are not explicitly recognized in administrative code as primary care providers.
American Samoa does not allow dental hygienists to practice with direct access.
Dental therapists may perform certain diagnostic, restorative and therapeutic dental procedures under supervision of a dentist. The physical presence of a dentist is not required when a dental therapist performs these procedures. American Samoa Admin. Code §31.0402
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"Practice by physician assistants" means the performance, in general collaboration with a licensed physician or osteopath, of acts of medical diagnosis and treatment, prescription, preventive health care, and other functions which are authorized by the board. American Samoa Admin. Code § 31.0403(l)
"General collaboration" means that each collaborator is available to the other collaborator for consultation either in person or by a communication device, but need not be physically present on the premises at the time the actions are performed. American Samoa Admin. Code § 31.0402(c)
American Samoa does not currently have any provisions related to the number of PAs a physician can supervise or collaborate with.
American Samoa does not currently have provisions related to chart review or co-chart signatures.
The American Samoa Health Services Regulatory Board authorizes a PAs scope of practice. American Samoa Admin. Code §31.0402
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