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DOS eases reactivation of physician assistant license
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03/25/2020 Pennsylvania to Allow Retired Health Care Professionals to Bolster COVID-19 Response Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania is acting to enable retired health care professionals to assist with the COVID-19 response by …
Some License Requirements for Qualified Physicians Assistants Are Suspended During Coronavirus Emergency
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March 22, 2020 Some License Requirements for Qualified Physicians Assistants Are Suspended During Coronavirus Emergency In order to allow physician assistants practicing under the state Board of Osteopathic Medicine to …
Pennsylvania State of Emergency Declaration
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Pennsylvania State of Emergency Declaration Preliminary Announcement Regarding PA Regulatory Relief After thorough review, the Pennsylvania Department of State determined that Physician Assistants that practice under the Pennsylvania Board of …
New Elements of Performance
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Effective March 15, 2020 – New Joint Commission Elements of Performance Removes the term Licensed dependent Practitioner from restraint and seclusion standards The new Elements of Performance: PC.03.05.05 The hospital …
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL AND OSTEOPATHIC BOARDS REGARDING ADDITIONAL CME REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE
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Opioid prescribing CME courses: https://cme.aapa.org/opioidrems.aspx …
HOSPITAL BASED PAS MATRIX RELEASED
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HAP’s Advanced Practice Professionals Advisory Group has develped a guidebook entitled “Use of Physician Assistants, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, and Clinical Nurse Specialists in …
STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE NEWS RELEASE
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Board Approves Temporary Authorization for Physician Assistants to Practice Pending Board Approval of the “Application for Registration as a Supervising Physician” At its meeting on March 21, 2013, the State …
KEEP YOUR LICENSE ACTIVE
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If your license has been inactive for greater than four years, the medical board has now implemented steps that you must take in order to have your license reactivated. These …