Title 18 — Title 18 BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS

In order to strengthen access to medical services, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of medical services, the participating states of the physician assistant licensure compact have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the e…

In this compact:(1) "Adverse action" means any administrative, civil, equitable, or criminal action permitted by a state's laws which is imposed by a licensing board or other authority against a physician assistant license or license application or compact privilege such as licen…

(1) To participate in this compact, a participating state shall:(a) License physician assistants;(b) Participate in the compact commission's data system;(c) Have a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints against licensees and license applicants;(d) Notify th…

(1) To exercise the compact privilege, a licensee must:(a) Have graduated from a physician assistant program accredited by the accreditation review commission on education for the physician assistant, inc. or other programs authorized by commission rule;(b) Hold current national …

Upon a licensee's application for a compact privilege, the licensee shall identify to the commission the participating state from which the licensee is applying, in accordance with applicable rules adopted by the commission, and subject to the following requirements:(1) When appl…

(1) A participating state in which a licensee is licensed shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against the qualifying license issued by that participating state.(2)(a) In addition to the other powers conferred by state law, a remote state shall have the authority, …

(1) The participating states hereby create and establish a joint government agency and national administrative body known as the physician assistant licensure compact commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact states acting jointly and not an instrumentality …

(1) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated data and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the reporting of the existence of significant investigative information on all licensed physician ass…

(1) The commission shall exercise its rule-making powers pursuant to the criteria set forth in this section and the rules adopted thereunder. Commission rules shall become binding as of the date specified by the commission for each rule.(2) The commission shall promulgate reasona…

(1) Oversight.(a) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each participating state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact.(b) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall…

(1) This compact shall come into effect on the date on which this compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh participating state.(a) On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the states that enacted the…

(1) This compact and the commission's rule-making authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be…

(1) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a participating state that is not inconsistent with this compact.(2) Any laws in a participating state in conflict with this compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict.(3) All agreements between the commiss…