NAC630.340. Period of validity of license; notification of practice; termination of supervision; disciplinary action; refusal to license.

     1. The license of a physician assistant is valid for 2 years.

     2. Before providing medical services, a physician assistant, on a form prescribed by the Board, shall notify the Board of the name and location of the practice of the physician assistant, the name of the supervising physician and the portion of the practice of the physician assistant that the supervising physician supervises. The notice must contain the signatures of the physician assistant and the supervising physician of the physician assistant.

     3. The physician assistant and the supervising physician shall immediately notify the Board of the termination of the supervision of the physician assistant by the supervising physician. For any portion of the practice of the physician assistant that the supervising physician terminating supervision of the physician assistant supervised, the physician assistant shall not provide medical services until the physician assistant and a supervising physician submit notice to the Board pursuant to subsection 2.

     4. A physician assistant who has been licensed by the Board but is not currently licensed, has surrendered his or her license or has failed to renew his or her license will be disciplined by the Board, if the Board deems it necessary, upon hearing a complaint for disciplinary action against the physician assistant.

     5. If the Board determines that the conduct of a physician assistant when he or she was on inactive status in another jurisdiction would have resulted in the denial of an application for licensure in this State, the Board will, if appropriate, refuse to license the physician assistant.

     [Bd. of Medical Exam’rs, § 630.340, eff. 12-20-79]—(NAC A 6-23-86; 9-12-91; 1-13-94; R149-97, 3-30-98; R108-01, 11-29-2001; R145-03, 12-16-2003)