Except as otherwise provided in this article, an individual shall obtain a permanent license from the board before the individual may practice as a PA. The board shall grant a permanent license as a PA to an applicant who has:

(1) submitted a completed application on forms provided by the board;

(2) paid the nonrefundable application fees established in this article;

(3) successfully completed an educational program for PAs approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its predecessor or successor organization;

(4) successfully passed the PA National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and provided documentation that the applicant possesses a current, active NCCPA certificate;

(5) certified that the applicant is mentally and physically able to engage safely in practice as a PA;

(6) no licensure, certificate, or registration as a PA under current discipline, revocation, suspension, probation, or investigation for cause resulting from the applicant's practice as a PA;

(7) good moral character; and

(8) submitted to the board other information the board considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications, participated in an interview if requested by the board, or both.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 359, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 244, Section 4; 2013 Act No. 28, Section 4, eff May 21, 2013; 2019 Act No. 32 (S.132), Section 2, eff August 11, 2019.

Effect of Amendment

The 2013 amendment, in subsection (A)(9), deleted "the applicant's supervising physician and" before "all original diplomas and certificates"; in subsection (B), deleted "with the applicant's supervising physician and scope of practice guidelines" following "board member or board designee"; and deleted the second sentence in subsection (C), relating to on-the-job training.

2019 Act No. 32, Section 2, rewrote the section.