Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

147A.05 INACTIVE LICENSE. (a) Physician assistants who notify the board in writing may elect to place their license on an inactive status. Physician assistants with an inactive license shall be excused from payment of renewal fees and shall not practice as physician assistants. P…

147A.06 CANCELLATION OF LICENSE FOR NONRENEWAL. § Subdivision 1.Cancellation of license. The board shall not renew, reissue, reinstate, or restore a license that has lapsed and has not been renewed within two annual renewal cycles. A licensee whose license is canceled for nonrene…

147A.07 RENEWAL. (a) A person who holds a license as a physician assistant shall annually, upon notification from the board, renew the license by: (1) submitting the appropriate fee as determined by the board; (2) completing the appropriate forms; and (3) meeting any other requir…

147A.08 EXEMPTIONS. (a) This chapter does not apply to, control, prevent, or restrict the practice, service, or activities of persons listed in section 147.09, clauses (1) to (6) and (8) to (13); persons regulated under section 214.01, subdivision 2; or midlevel practitioners, nu…

147A.09 SCOPE OF PRACTICE. § Subdivision 1.Scope of practice. Physician assistants shall practice medicine only under an established practice agreement. A physician assistant's scope of practice includes: (1) services within the training and experience of the physician assistant;…

147A.13 GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. § Subdivision 1.Grounds listed. The board may refuse to grant licensure or may impose disciplinary action as described in this subdivision against any physician assistant. The following conduct is prohibited and is grounds for disciplinary…

147A.14 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Permission to report. A person who has knowledge of any conduct constituting grounds for discipline under this chapter may report the violation to the board. § Subd. 2.Institutions. Any hospital, clinic, prepaid medical plan, or othe…

147A.15 IMMUNITY. § Subdivision 1.Reporting. Any person, health care facility, business, or organization is immune from civil liability or criminal prosecution for submitting a report to the board pursuant to this chapter or for otherwise reporting to the board violations or alle…

147A.155 REPORTS TO COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. (a) The board shall maintain a record of an event that comes to the board's attention that, in the judgment of the board or a committee of the board, qualifies as an adverse health care event under section 144.7065. (b) Within 30 days o…

147A.16 FORMS OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) When the board finds that a licensed physician assistant has violated a provision of this chapter, it may do one or more of the following: (1) revoke the license; (2) suspend the license; (3) impose limitations or conditions on the physic…

147A.17 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ACCOUNTABILITY. § Subdivision 1.Investigation. (a) The board shall maintain and keep current a file containing the reports and complaints filed against physician assistants in the state. Each complaint filed with the board pursuant to section 214.10, s…

147A.185 PRESCRIBING DRUGS AND THERAPEUTIC DEVICES. § Subdivision 1.Diagnosis, prescribing, and ordering. A physician assistant is authorized to: (1) diagnose, prescribe, and institute therapy or referrals of patients to health care agencies and providers; (2) prescribe, procure,…

147A.19 IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. Physician assistants licensed under this chapter shall keep their license available for inspection at their primary place of business and shall, when engaged in their professional activities, wear a name tag identifying themselves as a "physic…

147A.23 RESPONDING TO DISASTER SITUATIONS. A physician assistant duly licensed or credentialed in a United States jurisdiction or by a federal employer who is responding to a need for medical care created by an emergency according to section 604A.01, or a state or local disaster …

147A.24 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. § Subdivision 1.Amount of education required. Applicants for license renewal must either meet standards for continuing education through current certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, or its su…

147A.26 PROCEDURES. The board shall establish, in writing, internal operating procedures for receiving and investigating complaints, accepting and processing applications, granting licenses, and imposing enforcement actions. The written internal operating procedures may include p…

147A.27 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT ADVISORY COUNCIL. § Subdivision 1.Membership. The Physician Assistant Advisory Council is created and is composed of seven persons appointed by the board. The seven persons must include: (1) two public members, as defined in section 214.02; (2) three p…

147A.28 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT APPLICATION AND LICENSE FEES. (a) The board may charge the following nonrefundable fees: (1) physician assistant application fee, $120; (2) physician assistant annual license renewal fee, $115; (3) physician assistant locum tenens permit, $25; (4) phys…

147A.29 LICENSE RENEWAL CYCLE CONVERSION. § Subdivision 1.Generally. The license renewal cycle for physician assistant licensees is converted to an annual cycle where renewal is due on the last day of the licensee's month of birth. Conversion pursuant to this section begins Janua…

147A.35 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE COMPACT. The physician assistant (PA) licensure compact is enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in it in the form substantially specified in this section. ARTICLE I TITLE This statute shall be known a…