Applicants shall be notified in writing of any deficiencies in their applications. If the requested additional information is not received by the Board within 90 days of the date of the applicant's receipt of that written notice, the application shall no longer be considered for action by the Board.
All fees submitted in conjunction with an application for registration are non-refundable.
The permanent departure of the applicant or registrant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He or she certifies in writing, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that he or she will register for and take the next available administration of the certifying examination of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Upon submission of such proof of registration to retake the certifying examination, the temporary certificate of registration issued to said individual shall remain valid and in effect until the results of said re-examination are published. In the event that said individual fails the second administration of the certifying examination, he or she shall cease practice as a physician assistant immediately upon receipt of the examination results. As a condition for renewal of said registration, each registered physician assistant must certify, under the pains and penalties of perjury, that he or she has completed at least 100 hours of continuing education in courses or programs approved by the American Academy of Physician Assistants, the American Medical Association, or like accrediting body approved by the Board, since the date of his or her last registration.