Any person seeking to be licensed to practice medicine as a physician assistant in this state must successfully complete the following requirements before a license will be issued:
(1)  Each applicant must submit a completed written application to the board on forms furnished by the board, which shall require proof of a college baccalaureate degree from a nationally accredited school and completion of a physician assistant training program acceptable to the board and accredited by the accreditation review commission on education for physician assistants;

Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-1810A

  • Board: means the state board of medicine. See Idaho Code 54-1803
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Physician: means any person who holds a license to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or osteopathic medicine, provided that others authorized by law to practice any of the healing arts shall not be considered physicians for the purposes of this chapter. See Idaho Code 54-1803
  • Physician assistant: means any person who is a graduate of an acceptable physician assistant training program, who is qualified by specialized education, training, and experience, and who has been licensed by the board to render patient services. See Idaho Code 54-1803
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
    • (2)  Each applicant must submit proof of current certification by the national commission on certification of physician assistants or similar certifying agency approved by the board; and
    (3)  The application shall require a fingerprint-based criminal history check of the Idaho central criminal database and the federal bureau of investigation criminal history database. Each applicant must submit a full set of the applicant’s fingerprints on forms supplied by the board, which shall be forwarded to the Idaho state police and the federal bureau of investigation identification division for this purpose. The board shall not disseminate data acquired from a fingerprint-based criminal history check except as allowed by law.