§ 43-17.5-01 — Purpose

North Dakota § 43-17.5-01

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 43: Occupations and Professions
• Ch. 43-17.5: Physician Assistant Licensure Compact

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1. In order to strengthen access to medical services, and in recognition of the advances
in the delivery of medical services, the participating states of the physician assistant
licensure compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive
process that complements the existing authority of state licensing boards to license
and discipline physician assistants and seeks to enhance the portability of a license to
practice as a physician assistant while safeguarding the safety of patients.
2. This compact:
a. Allows medical services to be provided by physician assistants, via the mutual
recognition of the licensee's qualifying license by other compact participating
states.
b. Adopts the prevailing standard for physician assistant licensure.
c. Affirms the practice and delivery of medical services by the physician assistant
occurs where the patient is located at the time of the patient encounter, and
therefore requires the physician assistant to be under the jurisdiction of the state
licensing board where the patient is located.
3. State licensing boards that participate in this compact retain the jurisdiction to impose
adverse action against a compact privilege in that state issued to a physician assistant
through the procedures of this compact. The physician assistant licensure compact will
alleviate burdens for military families by allowing active duty military personnel and
their spouses to obtain a compact privilege based on having an unrestricted license in
good standing from a participating state.