1997 Minnesota Statutes

     147A.02 Qualifications for registration. 

    Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an individual 
 shall be registered by the board before the individual may 
 practice as a physician assistant. 

    The board may grant registration as a physician assistant 
 to an applicant who: 

    (1) submits an application on forms approved by the board; 

    (2) pays the appropriate fee as determined by the board; 

    (3) has current certification from the National Commission 
 on Certification of Physician Assistants, or its successor 
 agency as approved by the board; 

    (4) certifies that the applicant is mentally and physically 
 able to engage safely in practice as a physician assistant; 

    (5) has no licensure, certification, or registration as a 
 physician assistant under current discipline, revocation, 
 suspension, or probation for cause resulting from the 
 applicant's practice as a physician assistant, unless the board 
 considers the condition and agrees to licensure; 

    (6) has a physician-physician assistant agreement, and 
 internal protocol and prescribing delegation form, if the 
 physician assistant has been delegated prescribing authority, as 
 described in section 147A.18 in place at the address of record; 

    (7) submits to the board a practice setting description and 
 any other information the board deems necessary to evaluate the 
 applicant's qualifications; and 

    (8) has been approved by the board. 

    All persons registered as physician assistants as of June 
 30, 1995, are eligible for continuing registration renewal.  All 
 persons applying for registration after that date shall be 
 registered according to this chapter. 

    HIST: 1995 c 205 art 1 s 2