54.1-2951.1 - Requirements for licensure as a physician assistant. - Virginia Statutes

§ 54.1-2951.1. Requirements for licensure as a physician assistant.

A. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing requirements forlicensure as a physician assistant which shall include, but not be limitedto, the following:

1. Successful completion of a physician assistant program or surgeonassistant program accredited by the American Medical Association or acommittee of the American Medical Association established to approve oraccredit allied health education programs;

2. Passage of the certifying examination administered by the NationalCommission on Certification of Physician Assistants; and

3. Documentation that the applicant for licensure has not had his license orcertification as a physician assistant suspended or revoked and is not thesubject of any disciplinary proceedings in another jurisdiction.

B. Prior to initiating practice with a supervising physician, the physicianassistant shall notify the Board and provide information which shall include,but not be limited to, the following:

1. The name, address, telephone number and any changes thereto, of thephysician or physicians who will supervise the assistant in the relevantpractice setting; and

2. A description of the practice and the way in which the physician assistantwill be utilized.

(1998, c. 319.)