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| 2. Consent to physical or mental examination; objections to | admissibility of physician's testimony waived. For the purposes of | this section, every physician assistant registered under these | rules who accepts the privilege of rendering medical services in | this State by the filing of an application and of biannual | registration renewal: |
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| A. Is deemed to have consented to a mental or physical | examination when directed in writing by the board; and |
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| B. Is deemed to have waived all objections to the | admissibility of the examining physician's testimony or | reports on the ground that these constitute a privileged | communication. |
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| Pursuant to Title 4, section 1153 184, subsection 6, the | Administrative District Court shall immediately suspend the | certificate of a physician assistant who can be shown, through | the results of the medical or physical examination conducted | under this section or through other competent evidence, to be | unable to render medical services with reasonable skill and | safety to patients by reason of mental illness, alcohol | intemperance, excessive use of drugs or narcotics or as a result | of a mental or physical condition interfering with the competent | rendering of medical services. |
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| | Sec. 68. 32 MRSA §3282-A, sub-§1, ¶D, as repealed and replaced by PL | 1991, c. 824, Pt. A, §68, is amended to read: |
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| D. If the board concludes that suspension or revocation of | the license is in order, the board shall file a complaint in | the Administrative District Court in accordance with Title | 4, chapter 25 5. |
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| | Sec. 69. 32 MRSA §3655-A, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1993, c. 600, | Pt. A, §248, is further amended to read: |
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| D. If the board concludes that suspension or revocation of | the license is in order, the board may file a complaint in | the Administrative District Court in accordance with Title | 4, chapter 25 5. |
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| | Sec. 70. 32 MRSA §4175, 3rd ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 890, Pt. A, | §5 and affected by §40, is further amended to read: |
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| | The Administrative District Court may revoke the certificate | of an operator, in accordance with Title 4, chapter 25 5, when it | is found that the operator has practiced fraud or deception; that | reasonable care, judgment or the application of the operator's |
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