Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 2150 - State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts › Chapter 7 - Licensing of Physician Assistants › Section 20 CSR 2150-7.100 - Applicants for Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates terminology and
				  accrediting bodies for program completion.
(1) Applicants shall furnish satisfactory
				evidence as to their good moral character including a letter of reference from
				the director of their physician assistant program.
(2) Applicants must present satisfactory
				evidence of completion of a physician assistant program accredited by the
				Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its
				successor agency, prior to 2001, or the Committee on Allied Health Education
				and Accreditation or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education
				Programs, who has passed the certifying examination administered by the
				National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants and has active
				certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician
				Assistants. A person who has been employed as a physician assistant for three
				(3) years prior to August 28, 1989, who has passed the National Commission on
				Certification of Physician Assistants examination, and has active certification
				of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. A
				photostatic copy of the applicant's diploma shall be submitted as evidence of
				satisfactory completion.
(3)
				Applicants who did not complete a physician assistant program and were employed
				as physician assistants for three (3) years prior to August 28, 1989, shall
				have written verification of employment, made under oath, submitted to the
				board from the physician who entered into a collaboration arrangement with the
				applicant. The collaborating physician shall also submit a letter of reference
				documenting the performance of the physician assistant during the employment
				period. This verification of employment and letter of reference shall be
				accepted in lieu of the requirements in sections (1) and (2) of this
				rule.
(4) Applicants shall have
				verification of passage of the certifying examination and active certification
				submitted to the board from the National Commission on Certification of
				Physician Assistants.
(5)
				Applicants are required to make application upon forms prepared by the
				board.
(6) No application will be
				considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified form and
				properly attested.
(7) Applicants
				shall attach to the application a recent unmounted photograph not larger than
				three and one-half inches by five inches (3 1/2" x 5").
(8) Applications shall be sent to the State
				Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, PO Box 4, Jefferson City, MO
				65102.
(9) Applicants shall submit
				the licensure application fee in the form of a cashier's check or money order
				drawn on or through a United States bank made payable to the State Board of
				Registration for the Healing Arts. Personal checks will not be
				accepted.
(10) Applicants shall
				have verification of licensure, registration, and/or certification submitted
				from every state and/or country in which the applicants have ever held
				privileges to practice. This verification must be submitted directly from the
				licensing agency and include the type of license, registration, or
				certification, the issue and expiration date, and information concerning any
				disciplinary or investigative actions.
(11) Applicants must submit a complete
				curriculum vitae from high school graduation to the date of application
				submission. This document shall include the name(s) and address(es) of all
				employers and supervisors, dates of employment, job title, and all professional
				and nonprofessional activities.
(12) When an applicant has filed an
				application and an appropriate fee, to be established by the board in
				conjunction with the director of the Division of Professional Registration for
				licensure and the application is denied by the board or subsequently withdrawn
				by the applicant, that fee will be retained by the board as a service
				charge.
(13) The board may require
				the applicant to make a personal appearance before the board and/or commission
				prior to rendering a final decision regarding licensure.
(14) An applicant may withdraw an application
				for licensure anytime prior to the board's vote on the applicant's candidacy
				for licensure.
*Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993,
					 1995; 334.735, RSMo 1989, amended 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009,
					 2010; 334.738, RSMo 1989, amended 1998; 334.742, RSMo 1989, amended 1998; and
					 334.743, RSMo 1989, amended 1993, 1995,
					 1998.