§ 37:1360.24 — Licensure

Louisiana § 37:1360.24

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 37: Professions and Occupations

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§1360.24. Licensure
A. Except as otherwise provided for in this Part, an individual shall be licensed by
the board before he may practice as a physician assistant. The board may grant a license to
a physician assistant applicant who:
(1) Submits an application on the forms approved by the board.
(2) Pays the appropriate fee as determined by the board.
(3) Has successfully completed an education program for physician assistants
accredited by the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation, its predecessors,
or its successors and who has passed the physician assistant national certifying examination
administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
(4) Certifies that he is mentally and physically able to engage in practice as a
physician assistant.
(5) Has no licensure, certification, or registration as a physician assistant in any
jurisdiction under current discipline, revocation, suspension, or probation for cause resulting
from the applicant's practice as a physician assistant, unless the board considers such
condition and agrees to licensure.
(6) Is of good moral character.
(7) Submits to the board any other information the board deems necessary to evaluate
the applicant's qualifications.
(8) Has been approved by the board.
B. A personal interview of a physician assistant applicant shall be required only in
those cases where the applicant is making his first application before the board and where
discrepancies exist in the application or the applicant has been subject to prior adverse
licensure, certification, or registration action.
C. The board may grant a working permit, which is valid for one year but may be
renewed by one additional year, to a physician assistant applicant who meets the
qualifications for licensure except that the applicant has not yet taken the national certifying
examination or the applicant has taken the national certifying examination and is awaiting
the results.
D. A working permit is valid only until the following occur:
(1) The results of an applicant's examination are available.
(2) The board makes a final decision on the applicant's request for licensure.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 662, §1, eff. June 16, 1993; Acts 2015, No. 453, §1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2022, No. 271, §2.