Nebraska Statutes 38-2049. Physician assistants; licenses; temporary licenses; issuance; military spouse; temporary license
(1) The department, with the recommendation of the board, shall issue licenses to persons who are graduates of an approved program and have passed a proficiency examination.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 38-2049
- Approved program: means a program for the education of physician assistants which is accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its predecessor or successor agency and which the board formally approves. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2008
- Board: means the Board of Medicine and Surgery. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2010
- Physician assistant: means any person who graduates from an approved program, who has passed a proficiency examination, and who the department, with the recommendation of the board, approves to perform medical services under a collaborative agreement with the supervision of a physician or under a collaborative agreement with the supervision of a podiatrist as provided by section Nebraska Statutes 38-2014
- Proficiency examination: means the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. See Nebraska Statutes 38-2015
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2) The department, with the recommendation of the board, shall issue temporary licenses under this subsection to persons who have successfully completed an approved program but who have not yet passed a proficiency examination. Any temporary license issued pursuant to this subsection shall be issued for a period not to exceed one year and under such conditions as determined by the department, with the recommendation of the board. The temporary license issued under this subsection may be extended by the department, with the recommendation of the board.
(3) Physician assistants approved by the board prior to April 16, 1985, shall not be required to complete the proficiency examination.
(4) An applicant who is a military spouse applying for a license to practice as a physician assistant may apply for a temporary license as provided in section 38-129.01.