Section 3703. Special provisions

1. Inpatient medical orders. A registered
  physician's assistant employed or extended privileges by a hospital may,
  if permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the  hospital,
  write  medical  orders,  including  those for controlled substances, for
  inpatients under the care of the physician responsible for  his  or  her
  supervision.  Countersignature  of such orders may be required if deemed
  necessary and appropriate by the supervising physician or the  hospital,
  but in no event shall countersignature be required prior to execution.
    2.  Withdrawing blood. A registered physician's assistant or certified
  nurse practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may
  supervise and  direct  the  withdrawal  of  blood  for  the  purpose  of
  determining the alcoholic or drug content therein under subparagraph one
  of   paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  four  of  section  eleven  hundred
  ninety-four  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  notwithstanding   any
  provision to the contrary in clause (ii) of such subparagraph.
    3.  Prescriptions  for  controlled  substances. A registered physician
  assistant, in good faith and acting within his or her  lawful  scope  of
  practice,  and  to  the  extent  assigned  by  his  or  her  supervising
  physician, may prescribe controlled substances as a  practitioner  under
  article thirty-three of this chapter, to patients under the care of such
  physician  responsible  for his or her supervision. The commissioner, in
  consultation with the commissioner of  education,  may  promulgate  such
  regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.