(a) A person
licensed, certified or registered by the Board, shall register biennially to
retain the right to engage in practice unless specifically exempted within this
section. Initial registration shall automatically occur when the license,
certificate or registration is issued.
(b) The following licenses, certificates and
registration are not subject to biennial registration:
(1) Institutional license.
(2) Graduate license.
(3) Temporary license.
(4) Interim limited license.
(5) Registration as a physician assistant
supervisor of a physician assistant.
(c) Registration for a biennium expires
December 31 of every even-numbered year. Application for biennial registration
shall be made upon forms supplied by the Board. The forms shall be filed with
the Board with the required registration fee prior to the expiration of the
previous biennial registration.
(c.1) A licensee or certificate holder
applying for biennial registration shall, as a condition of biennial
registration, complete at least 2 hours of approved training in child abuse
recognition and reporting in accordance with §
16.108(b)
(relating to child abuse recognition and reporting-mandatory training
requirement).
(d) Biennial
registration forms and other forms or literature to be distributed by the Board
will be forwarded to the last mailing address given the Board by the licensee,
registrant or certificate holder. If the mailing address of record is changed,
the Board shall be notified, in writing, within 15 days after making the
address change. Failure of the Board to send, or of the individual to receive,
a biennial registration application, does not relieve the individual of the
biennial registration responsibility.
(e) A failure to pay the biennial
registration fee by the required time automatically causes the license,
certificate or registration to be placed in an unregistered status. A person
who desires to become inactive shall notify the Board, in writing, prior to
doing so, and the license, certificate or registration will be placed in
inactive status. The licensee, registrant or certificate holder who either
fails to pay the biennial registration fee or who notifies the Board of the
desire to become inactive will not be sent biennial registration forms for the
following or subsequent biennial registration periods unless that individual
notifies the Board, in writing, of a desire to again register the license,
certificate or registration.
(f) If
all other conditions have been met, registered status will be restored upon the
payment of fees and penalties which have accrued.
(g) The holder of a license, certificate or
registration is not permitted to engage in practice in this Commonwealth unless
the current registration fee is paid. If a person engages in practice in this
Commonwealth during the period in which registration was not renewed, that
individual is required to pay a $5 fee for each month or part of a month after
the date specified for renewal of the biennial registration, and may be subject
to possible disciplinary proceedings and criminal prosecution.
(h) The holder of a license, certificate or
registration applying to return to registered status is required to pay the
current and back registration and penalty fees which are due, submit a
notarized affidavit setting forth the period of time in which the individual
did not practice in this Commonwealth, submit a resume of activities since that
person was last registered and comply with §
16.16(c)
(relating to reporting of disciplinary actions, criminal dispositions and other
licenses, certificates or authorizations to practice), absent the 30-day grace
period provided for in this subsection.
(i) The licensee, registrant or certificate
holder who seeks to update his registration will not be assessed a fee or
penalty for a preceding biennial registration period in which that person did
not engage in practice in this Commonwealth.
(j) If the person has not been practicing in
this Commonwealth for longer than 4 years, the Board may require that a
personal interview be conducted by a designated Board member or representative
to ascertain the physical and mental fitness of the applicant to practice in
this Commonwealth.
