§ 6549. Performance of medical services. 1. Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a specialist assistant may perform medical services,
but only when under the supervision of a physician and only when such
acts and duties as are assigned to him or her are related to the
designated medical speciality for which he or she is registered and are
within the scope of practice of his or her supervising physician.

2. Supervision shall be continuous but shall not be construed as
necessarily requiring the physical presence of the supervising physician
at the time and place where such services are performed.

3. No physician shall employ or supervise more than two specialist
assistants in his or her private practice.

4. Nothing in this article shall prohibit a hospital from employing
specialist assistants provided they work under the supervision of a
physician designated by the hospital and not beyond the scope of
practice of such physician. The numerical limitation of subdivision
three of this section shall not apply to services performed in a
hospital.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, nothing shall
prohibit a physician employed by or rendering services to the department
of correctional services under contract from supervising no more than
four specialist assistants in his or her practice for the department of
corrections and community supervision.

6. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a trainee in an
approved program may perform medical services when such services are
performed within the scope of such program.

7. Nothing in this article or in article thirty-seven-A of the public
health law, shall be construed to authorize specialist assistants to
perform those specific functions and duties specifically delegated by
law to those persons licensed as allied health professionals under the
public health law or this chapter.