In today's day and time PA's practice in all fields of medicine and all states, so why do we still have this obsolete clause. This is unfair to PA's and their patients and creates unnecessary delays in patient care. PA's have their own DEA license (similar to NP's ) and should not need any other physician's name / DEA to write any prescriptions which their DEA allows them to. PA's and NP's have the same scope of practice, however just because NP's have a bigger lobby, they are exempt from this while PA's are still required to have a physician name on a PA's prescription.  PA's undergo more vigorous training and education than NP's, are held to much higher standards of certification maintenance than NPs , are licensed by Board of Medicine similar to physicians and despite that have to deal with these unfair regulations. It' s high time that these unfair regulations are put to an end.