§ 33-26-503 — Board powers and duties

Wyoming § 33-26-503

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 33: Professions and Occupations
• Ch. 26: PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
• Art. 5: PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS

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(a) The board shall pass upon the qualifications and
determine the fitness of all persons desiring to practice as
physician assistants.
(b) The board shall:
(i) Grant, refuse to grant, revoke and reinstate
licenses;
(ii) Investigate allegations that a physician
assistant has engaged in conduct constituting a ground for
revocation in W.S. 33-26-402 or 33-26-508;
(iii) Conduct informal interviews and contested
cases;
(iv) Promulgate regulations governing the practice of
physician assistants;
(v) Appoint members to serve on an advisory committee
to the board of medicine. A majority of the members of the
advisory committee shall be physician assistants. The committee
members are responsible to and shall serve at the board's
pleasure. The advisory committee shall review and make
recommendations to the board regarding all matters relating to
physician assistants that come before the board, including but
not be limited to:
(A) Applications for licensure;
(B) Physician assistant education;
(C) Scope of practice;
(D) Licensure requirements;
(E) Continuing medical education.
(vi) Retain jurisdiction over only those licensees to
whom temporary or full licenses were granted, regardless of
whether the license expired, lapsed or was relinquished during
or after the alleged occurrence of conduct proscribed in W.S.
33-26-508 by the licensee;
(vii) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 81, § 3.