Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 185 - PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS › Section 185.4 - Procedural Rules for Licensure Applicants

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual shall be licensed
				by the board before the individual may function as a physician assistant. A
				license shall be granted to an applicant who:
(1) submits an application on forms approved
				by the board;
(2) pays the
				appropriate application fee as prescribed by the board;
(3) has successfully completed an educational
				program for physician assistants accredited by the Accreditation Review
				Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA), or by that
				committee's predecessor or successor entities, and holds a valid and current
				certificate issued by the National Commission on Certification of Physician
				Assistants ("NCCPA");
(4) certifies
				that the applicant is mentally and physically able to function safely as a
				physician assistant;
(5) does not
				have a license, certification, or registration as a physician assistant in this
				state or from any other licensing authority that is currently revoked or on
				suspension or the applicant is not subject to probation or other disciplinary
				action for cause resulting from the applicant's acts as a physician assistant,
				unless the board takes that fact into consideration in determining whether to
				issue the license;
(6) is of good
				professional character as defined under §
										185.2(8)
				of this title (relating to Definitions);
(7) submits to the board any other
				information the board considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's
				qualifications;
(8) meets any other
				requirement established by rules adopted by the board;
(9) must pass the national licensing
				examination required for NCCPA certification within no more than six attempts;
				and
(10) must pass the
				jurisprudence examination ("JP exam"), which shall be conducted on the
				licensing requirements and other laws, rules, or regulations applicable to the
				physician assistant profession in this state. The jurisprudence examination
				shall be developed and administered as follows:
(A) The staff of the Medical Board shall
				prepare questions for the JP exam and provide a facility by which applicants
				can take the examination.
(B)
				Applicants must pass the JP exam with a score of 75 or better.
(C) An examinee shall not be permitted to
				bring medical books, compends, notes, medical journals, calculators or other
				help into the examination room, nor be allowed to communicate by word or sign
				with another examinee while the examination is in progress without permission
				of the presiding examiner, nor be allowed to leave the examination room except
				when so permitted by the presiding examiner.
(D) Irregularities during an examination such
				as giving or obtaining unauthorized information or aid as evidenced by
				observation or subsequent statistical analysis of answer sheets, shall be
				sufficient cause to terminate an applicant's participation in an examination,
				invalidate the applicant's examination results, or take other appropriate
				action.
(E) A person who has passed
				the JP Exam shall not be required to retake the Exam for relicensure, except as
				a specific requirement of the board as part of an agreed order.