2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-54 - Physician Assistants
Section 5-54-9 - Criteria for licensure as a physician assistant.
§ 5-54-9 Criteria for licensure as a physician assistant. – The board shall recommend to the director for licensure as a physician assistant an applicant who:
(1) Is of good character and reputation;
(2) Graduated from a physician assistant training program certified by the AMA's Committee on Allied Health, Education, and Accreditation, its successor, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), its successor or the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its successor.
(3) Passed a certifying examination approved by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or any other national certifying exam approved by the board.
(4) Submitted a completed application together with the required fee as set forth in § 23-1-54.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1982, ch. 94, § 2; P.L. 1995, ch. 42, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 14, § 21; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 39, § 19; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 9, § 21; P.L. 2013, ch. 70, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 75, § 1.)
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