§ 25-27.5-4-1 — License required; conditions

Indiana § 25-27.5-4-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 27.5: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
• Ch. 4: Licensure

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An individual must be licensed by the
committee before the individual may practice as a physician assistant.
The committee may grant a license as a physician assistant to an
applicant who does the following:
(1) Submits an application on forms approved by the committee.
(2) Pays the fee established by the board.
(3) Has either:
(A) successfully:
(i) completed an educational program for physician assistants
accredited by an approved program; and
(ii) passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying
Examination administered by the NCCPA and maintains
current NCCPA certification; or
(B) passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying
Examination administered by the National Commission on
Certification of Physician Assistants before 1986.
(4) Submits to the committee any other information the committee
considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications.
(5) Presents satisfactory evidence to the committee that the
individual has not been:
(A) engaged in an act that would constitute grounds for a
disciplinary sanction under IC 25-1-9; or
(B) the subject of a disciplinary action by a licensing or
certification agency of another state or jurisdiction on the
grounds that the individual was not able to practice as a
physician assistant without endangering the public.
(6) Is of good moral character.
(7) Has been approved by the board.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.227-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.288-2001, SEC.10; P.L.90-2007, SEC.16; P.L.177-2009, SEC.52.