.... which does not mean that the medical assistant will not be named in a law suit. While they work under the doctor's umbrella and the superior respondeat doctrine may apply, there also is the expectation that the medical assistant practices only within his/her discipline's scope of practice. Also, I have been told that certified medical assistants may be held to an even higher standard. My stab on the question would be that the doctor and medical assistant under his/her employ are equally, if not individually responsible for medical errors, should injuries occur.

Read:

Can medical assistants be sued?
http://www.medicalassistant.net/medical_assistants_sued.htm

Medical assistants and Superior Respondeat doctrine:
http://www.medicalassistant.net/respondeat_superior.htm


Danni R.

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