#Single copy assistant full#
#Single copy assistant license#

The back-up supervising physician is the physician who accepts responsibility for supervision of PA’s activities in absence of primary supervising physician.

#Single copy assistant full#

The primary supervising physician is the physician who accepts full responsibility and liability for the PA’s medical activities and professional conduct at all times, whether the physician personally is providing supervision or supervision is being provided by a back-up supervising physician.Ī physician assistant is not required to have a back-up supervising physician but is encouraged to have one during those times a primary supervising physician may not be readily available. I completed my Intent to Practice form, when can I begin practicing?Ī PA is only required to have one primary supervising physician.

PAs employed by federal facilities are not required to submit an Intent to Practice Form with the Board prior to beginning their practice at the federal facility.

#Single copy assistant license#

Also, any PA who carries a NC license is expected to practice competently, act professionally and be of requisite good character no matter where, or for whom, he or she works. annual renewal, CME and payment of fees). However, a federally employed PA who holds a NC license and wants to maintain the license must comply with NC rules that pertain to maintaining an active license (i.e. However, many PAs employed by the federal government and working in federal facilities do hold an active NC license.įederally employed PAs are governed by federal rules and regulations in regard to how they practice while working within federal facilities. The federal government may employ a PA to work in a federal facility in North Carolina without requiring the PA to hold a NC license. DEA rule and not violate the Board's PA prescribing rules? To find information about a particular physician assistant’s supervisory relationship, enter the physician assistant’s name using the “ Look Up a Licensee” tool available on this website.Ĭan a PA prescribe controlled substances within U.S. The Board advises anyone not in possession of a written acknowledgement letter to use the information from the website in its place. For example, if the Board’s website indicates that a physician assistant is currently being supervised by a particular physician, that indication is an official acknowledgement from the Board of that particular physician assistant/supervising physician relationship. The information provided on the Board’s website may serve as an official confirmation of the physician assistant/supervising physician relationship. What if I am unable to find my ITP letter? Requests for copies of ITP letters will not be processed. Since instituting the online ITP process, the Board has not maintained copies of the acknowledgement letters and, thus, is unable to provide additional copies. It is the physician assistant’s responsibility to keep a copy of the acknowledgement email at all places where the physician assistant practices. Please make sure your e-mail address is current with the NCMB. When a physician assistant completes the Board’s online Intent to Practice (ITP) form, which establishes a physician assistant/supervising physician relationship, an acknowledgement confirming that relationship is emailed to the primary supervising physician and a copy is sent to the physician assistant via the current e-mail addresses we have in our database. The Board understands that PAs and/or their employers require a copy of the Intent to Practice acknowledgement letter to provide evidence of the physician assistant/supervising physician relationship for various credentialing purposes, including participation in federal programs such as Medicaid and Medicare. Physician Assistant May PAs and their supervising physicians use an electronic signature for those supervisory documents requiring a signature per Board rules? Professional Corporations and Limited Liability Companies.NC Controlled Substances Reporting System.