Sec. 204.152.  ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.  (a)  The physician assistant board shall issue a license to an applicant who:
(1)  meets the eligibility requirements of Section 204.153;
(2)  submits an application on a form prescribed by the board;
(3)  pays the required application fee;
(4)  certifies that the applicant is mentally and physically able to function safely as a physician assistant; and
(5)  submits to the board any other information the board considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications.
(b)  The physician assistant board may delegate authority to medical board employees to issue licenses under this chapter to applicants who clearly meet all licensing requirements.  If the medical board employees determine that the applicant does not clearly meet all licensing requirements, the application shall be returned to the physician assistant board.  A license issued under this subsection does not require formal physician assistant board approval.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 2.16, eff. September 1, 2005.