2002 Minnesota Code
Chapters 144 - 159 Health
Chapter 147A Physician Assistants, Registration
Section 147A.02 Qualifications for registration.

147A.02 Qualifications for registration.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an individual shall be registered by the board before the individual may practice as a physician assistant.

The board may grant registration as a physician assistant to an applicant who:

(1) submits an application on forms approved by the board;

(2) pays the appropriate fee as determined by the board;

(3) has current certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, or its successor agency as approved by the board;

(4) certifies that the applicant is mentally and physically able to engage safely in practice as a physician assistant;

(5) has no licensure, certification, or registration as a physician assistant under current discipline, revocation, suspension, or probation for cause resulting from the applicant's practice as a physician assistant, unless the board considers the condition and agrees to licensure;

(6) has a physician-physician assistant agreement, and internal protocol and prescribing delegation form, if the physician assistant has been delegated prescribing authority, as described in section 147A.18 in place at the address of record;

(7) submits to the board a practice setting description and any other information the board deems necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications; and

(8) has been approved by the board.

All persons registered as physician assistants as of June 30, 1995, are eligible for continuing registration renewal. All persons applying for registration after that date shall be registered according to this chapter.

HIST: 1995 c 205 art 1 s 2