Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 40 - State Medical Board
Article 5 - Physician Assistants
12 AAC 40.400 - Physician assistant license

(1) shall apply for a permanent renewable license on a form provided by the department;

(2) shall pay the appropriate fees established in 12 AAC 02.250; and

(3) must be approved by the board.

(1) graduation from a physician assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or, before 2001, by its predecessor accrediting agencies the American Medical Association's Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs;

(2) a passing score on the certifying examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants;

(3) verification of current certification issued by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA);

(4) compliance with continuing medical education standards established by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants;

(5) verification of registration or licensure in all other states where the applicant is or has been registered or licensed as a physician assistant or any other health care professional;

(6) verification of successful completion of a physician assistant program that meets the requirements of (1) of this subsection; that verification must be sent directly from the program to the board;

(7) verification of the applicant's completion of at least two hours of education in pain management and opioid use and addiction funed in a continuing medical education program approved by the National Commission on Certification of Physician assistants (NCCPA), a Category I continuing medical education program accredited by the American Medical Association, or a Category I or II continuing medical educatiou ro ·am accredited bv the American Osteo athic Association, foran applicant who does not currently hold a a valid federal Drug Enforcement Administration registntion number, the verification will be waived until the applicant applies for a valid registration number;

(8) clearance from the Board Action Data Bank maintained by the Federation of State Medical Boards; and

(9) clearance from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).