La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-1521 - Qualifications for Physician Assistant Registration of Prescriptive Authority

A. Legend Drugs, Medical Devices and Controlled Substances. To be eligible for registration of prescriptive authority, a physician assistant shall:

1. have completed a minimum of five hundred clinical training hours prior to graduation from an approved physician assistant education program;

2. hold an active, unrestricted license to practice as a physician assistant duly issued by the board;

3. have received authority to prescribe to the extent delegated by a supervising physician; and

4. apply for a controlled dangerous substance license from the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy and register with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency, if delegated authority to prescribe Schedule II, III, I V, or V controlled substances by the supervising physician.

B. The board may deny registration of prescriptive authority to an otherwise eligible physician assistant for any of the causes enumerated by R.S. 37:1360.33, or any other violation of the provisions of the Louisiana Physician Assistant Practice Act, R.S. 37:1361.21 et seq. or its rules applicable to physician assistants.

C. The burden of satisfying the board as to the eligibility of the applicant for approval of registration of prescriptive authority shall be upon the applicant. An applicant shall not be deemed to possess such qualifications unless the applicant demonstrates and evidences such qualifications in the manner prescribed by and to the satisfaction of the board.

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La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-1521

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 31:75 (January 2005), amended LR 38:3174 (December 2012), LR 41:925 (May 2015), Amended by the Department of Health, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 431176 (6/1/2017), Amended LR 45553 (4/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270(B)(6), 1360.23(D) and (F), and 1360.31(B)(8).