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 2150-7.300 - Applicants for Temporary Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates information on
				  accrediting bodies for program completion.
(1) Applicants for temporary licensure are
				required to make application on forms prepared by the board.
(2) No application will be considered unless
				fully and completely made out on the specified forms and properly
				attested.
(3) Applications shall be
				sent to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, 3605 Missouri
				Boulevard, P.O. Box 4, Jefferson City, MO 65102.
(4) The fee for temporary licensure shall be
				an appropriate fee, to be established by the board. The fee shall be sent in
				the form of a cashier's check or money order drawn on a United States bank or
				firm; payable to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts. No
				application will be processed until the licensure fee is received.
(5) All applicants shall attach to the
				application a recent photograph not larger than three and one-half inches by
				five inches (3 1/2" x 5").
(6) All
				applicants are required to submit 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. Applicants shall submit one of the
				following:
(7) All applicants are
				required to submit a letter of reference from the director of the physician
				assistant program from which the applicant graduated as proof of the
				applicant's moral character.
(8)
				All applicants are required to submit verification of licensure, registration
				or certification from every state or territory in which the applicant is or has
				ever been licensed, registered or certified to practice as a physician
				assistant; and all other professional licenses, registrations, or
				certifications issued to the applicant regardless of whether or not such
				license, registration or certification is current.
(9) All applicants shall submit a complete
				curriculum vitae. This document must include the names and addresses of all
				previous employers, supervisors and job titles, from the date of high school
				graduation to the date of licensure application.
(10) All applicants shall furnish, on forms
				provided by the board, verification of physician collaboration.
(11) Each applicant shall instruct the
				National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants to submit the
				applicant's admission letter for the certification examination; such letter
				shall specify the date the applicant is scheduled to take the certification
				examination.
(12) Each applicant
				shall instruct the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
				to submit the applicant's certification examination results directly to the
				board.
(13) The temporary license
				shall be valid until the examination results are received by the board, not to
				exceed three weeks following the mailing of the results by the National
				Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
(14) The temporary license shall
				automatically terminate if the temporary licensee fails the examination or does
				not sit for the examination as scheduled. The temporary licensee may apply for
				temporary licensure renewal pursuant to rule
				20 CSR
				2150-7.310.
(15) Temporary licensees may be issued
				permanent licensure upon successful passage of the National Commission on
				Certification of Physician Assistants Examination as determined by the National
				Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants; submission/completion of
				all the requirements specified in rule
				20 CSR
				2150-7.100, an updated activities statement, the
				application form and application fee.
(16) When an applicant has filed his/her
				application and the appropriate fee for temporary licensure, and the applicant
				is denied by the board pursuant to the provisions of section
				334.100,
				RSMo and/or rule
				20 CSR
				2150-7.140, or is subsequently withdrawn by the
				applicant, the fee will be retained by the board pursuant to the provisions of
				rule
				20 CSR
				2150-7.200.
(17) The board may require the applicant for
				temporary licensure to make a personal appearance before the advisory
				commission and/or board before a final decision regarding licensure is
				rendered.
(18) An applicant may
				withdraw his/her application for temporary licensure any time prior to the
				board's vote on his/her candidacy for licensure.
*Original authority: 334.100, RSMo 1939, amended 1945,
					 1959, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993,
					 1997, 2004; 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.735, RSMo 1989, amended
					 1996, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2007; 334.736, RSMo 1995, amended 1998; 334.738, RSMo
					 1989, amended 1998; 334.742, RSMo 1989, amended 1998; 334.743, RSMo 1989,
					 amended 1993, 1995, 1998; 334.745, RSMo 1989, amended 1996, 1997; and 334.749,
					 RSMo 1996, amended 1998, 1999, 2001.