North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 21 - OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS › Chapter 32 - NORTH CAROLINA MEDICAL BOARD › Subchapter S - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section .0200 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT REGISTRATION › Section 32S .0202 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSE

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Except
				  as otherwise provided in this Subchapter, an individual shall obtain a license
				  from the Board before practicing as a physician assistant. An applicant for a
				  physician assistant license shall:
(1) submit
				  a completed application, available at www.ncmedboard.org, to the
				  Board;
(2) meet the requirements
				  set forth in
				  G.S.
				  90-9.3 and has not committed any of the acts
				  listed in G.S. 90-14;
(3) supply a certified copy of the
				  applicant's birth certificate if the applicant was born in the United States or
				  a certified copy of an unexpired U.S. passport. If the applicant does not
				  possess a certified birth certificate or unexpired U.S. passport, the applicant
				  shall provide information about the applicant's immigration and work status
				  that the Board shall use to verify applicant's ability to work lawfully in the
				  United States;
(4) submit to the
				  Board an education form that the applicant completed a Physician Assistant
				  Educational Program. He or she shall also show proof of achieving a passing
				  score of completion of the Physician Assistant National Certifying
				  Examination;
(5) pay to the Board a
				  non-refundable fee of two hundred thirty dollars ($230.00) plus the cost of a
				  criminal background check. There is no fee to apply for a physician assistant
				  limited volunteer license;
(6)
				  submit National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) and Healthcare Integrity and
				  Protection Data Bank (HIPDB) reports. These reports shall be requested by the
				  applicant and submitted to the Board within 60 days of the request;
(7) submit a Board Action Data Bank Inquiry
				  report from the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB). This report shall be
				  requested by the applicant and submitted to the Board within 60 days of the
				  request;
(8) submit to the Board,
				  at P. O. Box 20007, Raleigh, NC 27619, two complete original fingerprint record
				  cards, on fingerprint record cards supplied by the Board upon
				  request;
(9) submit to the Board,
				  at P. O. Box 20007, Raleigh, NC 27619 or license@ncmedboard.org, a signed
				  consent form allowing a search of local, state, and national files to disclose
				  any criminal record;
(10) disclose
				  whether he or she has ever been suspended from, placed on academic probation,
				  expelled, or required to resign from any school, including a PA educational
				  program;
(11) attest that he or she
				  has no license, certificate, or registration as a physician assistant currently
				  under discipline, revocation, suspension, probation, or any other action
				  resulting from a health care licensing board;
(12) certify that he or she is mentally and
				  physically able to practice as a physician assistant;
(13) provide the Board with two original
				  recommendation forms dated within six months of the application, at P. O. Box
				  20007, Raleigh, NC 27619, These recommendations shall come from persons under
				  whom the applicant has worked or trained who are familiar with the applicant's
				  academic competence, clinical skills, and character. At least one reference
				  form shall be from a physician and the other reference form must be from a
				  physician assistant peer under whom the applicant has worked or trained.
				  References shall not be from any family member or, in the case of applicants
				  who have not been licensed anywhere, references shall not be from fellow
				  students of the applicant's Physician Assistant Educational Program;
(14) if two years or more have passed since
				  graduation from a Physician Assistant Educational Program, document that he or
				  she has completed at least 100 hours of continuing medical education (CME)
				  during the preceding two years, at least 50 hours of which must be recognized
				  by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants as Category
				  I CME. An applicant who is currently certified with the NCCPA shall be deemed
				  in compliance with this Subparagraph; and