052-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-9 - [Effective 4/4/2024] Temporary license, expedited temporary license, initial licensure

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(i) "Clean application" means that the physician assistant applicant has none of the following:

(A) Professional liability insurance settlement(s) or payment(s) in excess of $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate;

(B) Criminal record;

(C) Medical condition(s) which could affect the physician assistant's ability to practice safely;

(D) Licensing or regulatory board complaint(s), investigation(s), or action(s) (including withdrawal of a licensure application);

(E) Adverse action taken by a health care entity;

(F) Investigation(s) or action(s) taken by a federal agency, the United States military, medical society or association; or,

(G) Suspension or expulsion from, or disciplinary action in, any academic program, including physician assistant school and any post-graduate training program.

(ii) "Core application documents" means the following:

(A) The required application form(s), including the supervising agreement form, if required under subsection 7(c) of this chapter, and appropriate fee(s);

(B) Form and supporting document(s) demonstrating proof of legal presence in the U.S. pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1601, et seq.;

(C) Verification of current certification by, and good standing with, the NCCPA;

(D) FSMB Board Action Databank report; and,

(E) NPDB report.

(b) License Application Processing, Review and Interviews. When an applicant's core application documents have been received by the board and are deemed to be satisfactory, the executive director or his designee will review the application and supporting materials to determine whether a licensure interview of the applicant will be required pursuant to this rule. If the executive director or his designee determines that the applicant will not, in all likelihood, be required to have a licensure interview pursuant to this chapter, the applicant has been continually licensed in good standing (not including training licenses) for the preceding three (3) years in one or more states and/or the District of Columbia, and the applicant has a clean application, the executive director may, acting on behalf of the advisory council and the board, issue a temporary license to the applicant pursuant and subject to these rules, including the requirement for a complete application set forth therein. The temporary license shall be valid until 8:00 a.m. of the first day of the next regularly-scheduled board meeting.

(c) If an applicant is not issued a temporary license pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, when the application is deemed complete pursuant to subsection 6(b) of this chapter, the physician assistant's application for licensure shall be sent to the advisory council for review. Upon the positive recommendation of a majority of the members of the advisory council, the physician assistant's application will be forwarded to the board's Application Review Committee for consideration of issuance of a temporary license to be valid until 8:00 a.m. of the first day of the next regularly-scheduled board meeting.

(d) A temporary license may be issued under subsection (b) of this section, and subsection 7(c) of this chapter, to a physician assistant who meets all requirements for licensure except completion of the NCCPA certification examination, pursuant to subsection 7(c) of this chapter and W.S. 33-26-504(c) and 505.

(e) A physician assistant who receives a temporary license under this section remains subject to the requirement for a personal interview with the advisory council and/or the board in this chapter.

(f) Temporary licenses issued less than fifteen (15) business days prior to the next regularly-scheduled board meeting will be valid until the later of a vote of board members on the application pursuant to these rules, or 8:00 a.m. on first day of the second regularly-scheduled board meeting after issuance.

(g) Upon written request received from the holder of a temporary license not less than seven (7) days before expiration of the temporary license, the executive director may extend a temporary license for an additional term no longer than the later of a vote of board members on the application pursuant to these rules, or the date of the next regularly-scheduled board meeting after extension of the temporary license. The holder of a temporary license may request no more than one (1) extension of the temporary license under this subsection.

(h) If, upon review of the application of a person who is granted a temporary license under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, one or more advisory council or board members request that the holder of the temporary license appear for a licensure interview, the executive director may extend the temporary license held by that person until 8:00 a.m. on the first day of the second regularly-scheduled board meeting after issuance of the temporary license.

(i) If the advisory council does not meet in conjunction with a regularly-scheduled board meeting, the executive director may, in his discretion, extend temporary licenses due to expire at that board meeting until the next regularly-scheduled board meeting.

(j) All applicants who are granted a temporary license under subsection (b) of this section are required to submit all documentation and materials necessary to ensure that their license application is complete in accordance with this chapter. Failure to have a complete license application within 180 days of issuance of a temporary license may result in denial by the board of the application for licensure pursuant to W.S. 33-26-202(b)(i).

(k) If the supervision by a supervising physician or supervising physician assistant of a physician assistant practicing under a temporary license issued pursuant to subsection 7(c) of these rules is terminated for any reason, and the physician assistant does not have another board-approved supervising physician or supervising physician assistant, the physician assistant's temporary license will automatically convert to "inactive," and the physician assistant may not resume practicing until a new supervising physician or supervising physician assistant is approved by the board.

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052-5 Wyo. Code R. § 5-9

Amended, Eff. 9/10/2015. Amended, Eff. 2/1/2019. Amended, Eff. 1/7/2021. Amended, Eff. 6/29/2022. Amended, Eff. 1/30/2023. Amended, Eff. 9/25/2023. Amended, Eff. 12/6/2023, exp. 4/4/2024 (Emergency).