Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 25 - STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE › Subchapter C - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROVISIONS › LICENSURE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND REGISTRATION OF SUPERVISING PHYSICIANS › Section 25.163 - Approval and effect of licensure; biennial renewal of physician assistants; registration of supervising physicians

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Upon approval of an application for
						licensure as a physician assistant, the Board will issue a physician assistant
						license which contains the licensee's name, license number and the date of
						issuance, after payment of the fee required under §
												25.231 (relating to schedule of
						fees).
(b) A physician assistant's
						right to continue practicing is conditioned upon biennial renewal and the
						payment of the fee required under § 25.231. Upon receipt of the form
						provided to the physician assistant by the Board in advance of the renewal
						period and the required fee, the Board will issue the physician assistant a
						biennial renewal certificate containing the licensee's name, license number and
						the beginning and ending dates of the biennial renewal period.
(c) To be eligible for renewal of a physician
						assistant license, the physician assistant shall complete continuing medical
						education as required by NCCPA, including at least 2 hours of approved courses
						in child abuse recognition and reporting in accordance with §
												25.417(b)
						(relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
						requirement) and maintain National certification by completing current
						certification and recertification mechanisms available to the profession,
						identified on NCCPA's web site and recognized by the Board. The Board
						recognizes certification through NCCPA and its successor organizations and
						certification through any other National organization for which the Board
						publishes recognition of the organization's certification of physician
						assistants on the Board's web site.
(d) Upon approval of an application for
						registration as a supervising physician, the Board will issue a supervising
						physician registration certificate which contains the name of the supervising
						physician, his registration number and the name of the physician assistant that
						he is authorized to supervise under that specific registration. The
						registration is not subject to renewal. When the physician submits a request to
						modify a protocol with respect to a physician assistant he is already
						registered to utilize, no new registration certificate will be issued; however,
						the physician will receive a letter from the Board confirming its approval of
						the expanded utilization.
(e) Only
						a physician registered with the Board may use the services of physician
						assistants. A physician assistant shall have a clearly identified supervising
						physician who is professionally and legally responsible for the physician
						assistant's services. Whenever a physician assistant is employed by a
						professional corporation or partnership, an individual physician must still
						register as the supervising physician. Each member of a professional
						corporation or partnership may register as a supervising physician. When a
						physician assistant is employed by a professional corporation or partnership,
						the registered supervising physician is not relieved of the professional and
						legal responsibility for the care and treatment of patients attended by the
						physician assistant under his supervision.
(f) The Board will keep a current register of
						persons licensed as physician assistants. This register will include the name
						of each physician assistant, the physician assistant's mailing address of
						record, current business address, the date of initial licensure, biennial
						renewal record and current supervising physician. This register is available
						for public inspection.
(g) The
						Board will keep a current register of approved registered supervising
						physicians. This register will include the physician's name, his mailing
						address of record, his current business address, the date of his initial
						registration, his satellite operation if applicable, the names of current
						physician assistants under his supervision and the names of physicians willing
						to provide substitute supervision in his absence. This register will be
						available for public inspection.
The provisions of this §
														25.163 issued under section 506 of
							 The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
															186); and sections 10(h) and 16 of the
							 Osteopathic Medical Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
															271.10(h) and
							 271.16); amended under
							 sections 10(f) and (h), 10.1(c), 10.2(f), 13.1(a) and (d) and 16 of the
							 Osteopathic Medical Practice Act (63 P. S. §§
															271.10(f)
							 and (h),
							 271.10a(c), 271.10b(f),
							 271.13a(a) and (d) and 271.16).