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Texas Occupations Code - Section 204.153. Eligibility Requirements

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§ 204.153. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.  (a) To be eligible 
for a license under this chapter, an applicant must:
		(1)  successfully complete an educational program for 
physician assistants or surgeon assistants accredited by the 
Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation or by that 
committee's predecessor or successor entities;
		(2)  pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying 
Examination administered by the National Commission on 
Certification of Physician Assistants;
		(3)  hold a certificate issued by the National 
Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants;
		(4)  be of good moral character;                                              
		(5)  meet any other requirement established by board 
rule;  and             
		(6)  pass a jurisprudence examination approved by the 
physician assistant board as provided by Subsection (a-1).
	(a-1)  The jurisprudence examination shall be conducted on 
the licensing requirements and other laws, rules, or regulations 
applicable to the physician assistant profession in this state.  
The physician assistant board shall establish rules for the 
jurisprudence examination under Subsection (a)(6) regarding:
		(1)  the development of the examination;                                      
		(2)  applicable fees;                                                         
		(3)  administration of the examination;                                       
		(4)  reexamination procedures;                                                
		(5)  grading procedures;  and                                                 
		(6)  notice of results.                                                       
	(b)  In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), an 
applicant is not eligible for a license, unless the physician 
assistant board takes the fact into consideration in determining 
whether to issue the license, if the applicant:
		(1)  has been issued a license, certificate, or 
registration as a physician assistant in this state or from a 
licensing authority in another state that is revoked or suspended;  
or
		(2)  is subject to probation or other disciplinary 
action for cause resulting from the applicant's acts as a physician 
assistant.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended 
by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 269, § 2.17, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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