Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 6, March 31, 2022
(1) To
qualify for a license to practice as a physician assistant an individual must
meet the following requirements:
(a) Provide
evidence, satisfactory to the Board, of successful completion of a training
program accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and
Accreditation (CAHEA), the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the
Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), or their successor agencies;
(b) Provide evidence, satisfactory to the
Board, of successful completion of the Physician Assistant National
Certification Examination (PANCE) as administered by the National Commission on
Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA);
(c) Submit an application on forms approved
by the Board; and
(d) Pay the
required license application fee as determined by the Board.
(e) Beginning October 1, 2008, submit to a
criminal history background check which includes the following:
1. Provide fingerprints and execute a
criminal history information release using forms provided by the Board;
and
2. Pay a criminal history
background check fee in an amount established in Rule
540-X-3-.09(2).
Fingerprints provided by an applicant shall be submitted to the
Alabama State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), which is responsible for
forwarding the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a
national criminal history record check. Information received by the Board
pursuant to a criminal history background check shall be confidential and shall
not be a public record, except that such information received and relied upon
in denying the issuance of a license to practice as a physician assistant in
this state may be disclosed as may be necessary to support the denial.
(2)
Documentation submitted through the Federation Credentials Verification Service
(FCVS) may be accepted to demonstrate compliance with the credentialing
requirements of this rule.
Notes
Ala. Admin. Code r.
540-X-7-.04
Repealed and Replaced:
Filed September 21, 1998; effective October 26, 1998. Repealed and New Rule:
Filed August 22, 2002; effective September 26, 2002. Repealed and New Rule:
Filed September 19, 2002; effective October 24, 2002. Amended: Filed October
17, 2002; effective November 21, 2002.
Amended by
Alabama
Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 02, November 30,
2018, eff. 12/31/2018.
Amended by
Alabama
Administrative Monthly Volume XL, Issue No. 04, January 31, 2022,
eff. 3/7/2022.
Author: Patricia E. Shiner, Attorney for the
Board of Medical Examiners
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
1975, ยงยง
34-24-290,
et. seq.
