148C.3 Licensure.
1. The board shall adopt rules to govern the licensure of physician assistants. An applicant for licensure shall submit the fee prescribed by the board and shall meet the requirements established by the board with respect to each of the following:
a. Academic qualifications, including evidence of graduation from an approved program. A physician assistant who is not a graduate of an approved program, but who passed the national commission on certification of physician assistants’ national certifying examination prior to 1986, is exempt from this graduation requirement.
b. Evidence of passing the national commission on the certification of physician assistants’ national certifying examination or an equivalent examination approved by the board.
c. Hours of continuing medical education necessary to become or remain licensed.
2. Rules shall be adopted by the board pursuant to this chapter requiring a licensed physician assistant to be supervised by physicians. The rules shall provide that not more than five physician assistants shall be supervised by a physician at one time. The rules shall also provide that a physician assistant shall notify the board of the identity of the physician assistant’s supervising physician and of any change in the status of the supervisory relationship.
3. A licensed physician assistant shall perform only those services for which the licensed physician assistant is qualified by training or education and which are not prohibited by the board.
4. The board may issue a temporary license under special circumstances and upon conditions prescribed by the board. A temporary license shall not be valid for more than one year and shall not be renewed more than once.
5. The board may issue an inactive license under conditions prescribed by rules adopted by the board.
6. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to this section after consultation with the board of medicine.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, §148B.3; C81, §148C.3; 82 Acts, ch 1005, §5]
88 Acts, ch 1225, §17; 2003 Acts, ch 93, §9, 14; 2004 Acts, ch 1101, §24; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §106; 2012 Acts, ch 1037, §1; 2020 Acts, ch 1020, §5, 12
Referred to in §148C.4, 272C.2C
Subsections 1 and 3 amended