37-20-402. Criteria for licensing physician assistant. A person may not be licensed as a physician assistant in this state unless the person:

Terms Used In Montana Code 37-20-402

  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Physician assistant: means an individual licensed pursuant to this chapter who provides medical services that may include but are not limited to examination, diagnosis, prescription of medications, and treatment. See Montana Code 37-20-401
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201

(1)is of good moral character;

(2)is a graduate of a physician assistant training program accredited by the accreditation review commission on education for the physician assistant or, if accreditation was granted before 2001, accredited by the American medical association’s committee on allied health education and accreditation or the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs; and

(3)has taken and passed an examination administered by the national commission on the certification of physician assistants.