Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 435 - State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision
Chapter 15 - Physician Assistants
Subchapter 3 - Licensure of Physician Assistants
Section 435:15-3-1 - Qualification; application
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 435:15-3-1
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Qualifications. No license shall be issued unless an applicant:
(1) Submits an application and other
information pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) and remits the required
fee;
(2) Has successfully completed
an educational program for physician assistants accredited by the Accreditation
Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, or prior to 2001,
either by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation, or the
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. The board may
also issue a license to an applicant who does not meet the educational
requirement specified in this section, but who passed the Physician Assistant
National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on
Certification of Physician Assistants prior to 1986;
(3) Has passed the Physician Assistant
National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on
Certification of Physician Assistants;
(4) Jurisprudence examination.
(A) Has responded correctly to seventy-five
(75) percent or greater questions on a jurisprudence examination prepared by
the board staff. The examination shall include:
(i) The Physician Assistant Act;
and
(ii) Significant state statutes
or rule impacting physician assistant practice.
(B) The board shall supply the applicant with
a copy of the statues, rules, or other material from which the examination is
based while the applicant is completing the examination.
(C) An applicant that does not meet the
requirement under subsection (4)(i) after three attempts shall meet with the
secretary of the board to create a study plan prior to
reexamination;
(5) Does
not hold a license or registration as a physician assistant that is currently
under discipline, revocation, suspension, or probation relating to practice as
a physician assistant. The board may waive this paragraph (6);
(6) Pursuant to 59 O. S. § 519.4, be of
good moral character; and
(7) For a
renewal application, has met the continuing medical education requirements
pursuant to
435:15-3-17.
(b) Application.
(1) The applicant shall complete an
application form approved by the board and such additional forms necessary for
the board to consider the application and the qualifications of the
applicant.
(2) Pursuant to 59 O.S.
§
519.6,
the application shall include:
(A) A
description of the physician's practice,
(B) Methods of supervising and utilizing the
physician assistant, and
(C) Names
of alternate supervising physicians who will supervise the physician assistant
in the absence of the primary supervising physician.
(3) Renewal.
(A) An application for renewal shall include
any changes from the most recent application submitted to the board not
previously submitted.
(B) An
applicant for renewal shall submit the examination under subsection
(a)(4).
(C) An application for
renewal shall be submitted not later than March 31 of each calendar
year.
(D) A license shall expire if
a renewal application is not submitted by March 31.
(E) A renewal application submitted between
April 1 and May 31 must be accompanied by the late fee pursuant to
435:1-1-7(a)(2)(E).
(F) An application after May 31 shall be
considered an initial application.
(4) Return to practice.
(A) Application.This subsection (a)(4) shall
apply to an applicant that is clinically inactive.
(B) In addition to complying with the
provision of this section 435:15-3-1, an applicant under this subsection (a)(4)
shall:
(i) Complete a reentry plan approved
by the board or a board designee; and
(ii) Comply with any practice conditions
approved by the board.
(c) Other information. An applicant shall submit or make available any other information the board deems necessary to evaluate the applicant.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 4377, eff 7-27-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2331, eff 5-26-94; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2022, eff 5-26-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 378, eff 10-6-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1214, eff 5-14-99; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1102, eff 7-1-07
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