Inadequately supervised physician assistant can be covered by MICRA’s damage limit
In Lopez v. Ledesma, the Supreme Court today holds a damage limitation provision of the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) “applies to a physician assistant who has a legally enforceable agency relationship with a supervising physician and provides services within the scope of that agency relationship, even if the physician violates his or her obligation to provide adequate supervision.”
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