§ 33-26-504 — License required; application; qualifications; consideration of applications

(a) No person shall practice as a physician assistant or
represent oneself as a physician assistant without a license
granted by the board.
(b) The board may grant a physician assistant license to
an applicant who:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 190, § 3.
(ii) Has graduated from a physician assistant program
accredited by CAAHEP or its predecessor or successor
organization;
(iii) Has satisfactorily completed a certification
examination administered by NCCPA or other national certifying
agency established for such purposes which has been reviewed and
approved by the board and is currently certified;
(iv) Completes an application form; and
(v) Pays the fees set forth in W.S. 33-26-507.
(c) The board may issue a temporary license to any person
who successfully completes a CAAHEP or other board approved
program for the education and training of a physician assistant
but has not passed a certification examination. To allow the
opportunity to take the next available certification
examination, any temporary license issued pursuant to this
subsection shall be issued for a period not to exceed one (1)
year and under conditions as the board determines pursuant to
W.S. 33-26-505. The board may adopt rules to ensure that persons
receiving a temporary license under this subsection are
supervised by a physician assistant with not less than five (5)
years of licensed experience who is approved by the board or by
a physician who is approved by the board.
(d) Physician assistants approved by the board prior to
the effective date of this act are not required to be currently
certified by the NCCPA. Graduation from a CAHEA approved program
is considered equivalent to a CAAHEP program for purposes of
licensure.
(e) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 81, § 3.
(f) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 81, § 3.
(g) Repealed by Laws 2021, ch. 81, § 3.