NAC633.281. Physician assistants: Qualifications.

     1. To qualify for a license as a physician assistant pursuant to NRS 633.433, a person must:

     (a) Be able to communicate adequately orally and in writing in the English language;

     (b) Be of good moral character and reputation;

     (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, have attended and completed an educational program for physician assistants accredited by:

          (1) The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant; or

          (2) If the program was completed before January 1, 2001, the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation or the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs;

     (d) Have been certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants;

     (e) Submit to the Board an application for a license as a physician assistant on a form provided by the Board; and

     (f) If the person has not practiced as a physician assistant for 12 months or more before applying for licensure in this State, at the order of the Board, supply evidence of clinical competence as a physician assistant which is satisfactory to the Board.

     2. An applicant who was certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants before January 1, 1986, is exempt from the requirements of paragraph (c) of subsection 1.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Osteopathic Med. by R192-07, eff. 12-17-2008)