Board of Physician Assistants

When completing the initial application process, you will be required to submit an official transcript from the institution where you completed your education. The transcript must be mailed directly from the educational institution to the board office located at 665 Mainstream Drive, Nashville, TN 37243 or e-mailed to Medical.Health@tn.gov.

Applications

►Applying for initial licensure from your professional licensing board has become a bit easier.  The Department of Health has implemented an online application process that will allow all health care professionals to apply online for an initial license and complete (and update as necessary) a practitioner profile mandatory for certain professions.  The process is user friendly and convenient and even allows you to pay for your initial application utilizing a credit card, debit card or e-check.  You will also be able to upload many of the documents required to complete your initial application!  Please go to the initial application link below to begin the online process.

• Application for licensure as a Physician Assistant (Paper Copy) 
• Notice of intent to Terminate Supervision
• Declaration of Citizenship (PH-4183)
• Declaration of Eligibility for Expedited Licensure Process for a Military Member (PH-4279) 
• Declaration of Eligibility for Expedited Licensure Process for a Spouse of a Military Member (PH-4280) 
• PA Supervising Physician Form (Attachment)
• Duplicate or Replacement License Form 
• Affidavit of Retirement From Practice in Tennessee (PH-3460)
• Name and Address Change Request 
• Application for Licensure as an Orthopedic Physician Assistant (PH-3562)
• Instructions for Renewal Application
• Mandatory Practitioner Profile Questionnaire for Licensed Health Care Providers (PH-3585)
• Application Instructions for Licensure Reinstatement (PH-3556)

Portability Act for Military and Military Spouse with transfer Orders to Tennessee

Please fill out the application below and email to Medical.Health@tn.gov with a copy of the military orders

• Potability Act Application

Applying for Licensure

Meetings, Members, & Minutes

Meeting Schedule

Public Notices will remain online until the minutes are ratified and posted on the Meeting Minutes page.

Unless otherwise noted, all events take place at 665 Mainstream Drive, MetroCenter.

Members

Board Members

Meeting Minutes

Continuing Education

Failure to comply with continuing education requirements may result in disciplinary action against the licensee or registrant. The disciplinary action will be reported on the Department of Health license verification web site. 

All licensees are required to renew their license every two years. The renewal cycle is set up whereby everyone renews in their birth month. The year they renew depends on whether they were born in an even or odd year. Thus the renewal of their professional license is set up in their birth month every two years.

When renewing, the document that is signed states the licensee has fulfilled all the requirements for renewal. That means no continuing education documentation is to be mailed in with the renewal and that the licensee attests to having obtained the required continuing education. The only time continuing education is to be mailed in is when an official audit is conducted and the licensee is mailed a certified letter from this office requiring submission of the documentation.

All physician assistants must, within a two (2) year period prior to the application for license renewal, complete one hundred (100) hours of continuing medical education satisfactory to the Board. The division of hours between Category I and Category II continuing medical education must be consistent with the requirements of the N.C.C.P.A. as described on the most current A.A.P.A. "Continuing Medical Education Logging Form."

For those certified by the N.C.C.P.A.; the most recent two (2) year period (depending upon the year of initial certification of the applicant by the N.C.C.P.A.) utilized by N.C.C.P.A. to determine whether that person has obtained sufficient continuing medical education hours to maintain his or her professional certification.

For those not certified by the N.C.C.P.A.; the most recent two (2) year period (depending upon the year of birth of the licensee rather than the year of initial certification by the N.C.C.P.A.), which if utilized by the N.C.C.P.A. would determine whether that person would have (had he or she been nationally certified) obtained sufficient continuing medical education hours to maintain his or her professional certification.

All Physician Assistants must retain documentation of completion of all continuing education hours for a period of four (4) years from the end of the renewal period for which it was acquired. This documentation must be produced for inspection and verification if requested by the Committee during its verification process.

Continuing education must be approved in content, structure and format by either the American Medical Association or the AAPA to satisfy the Committee's requirements.

Education hours obtained, as a result of compliance with the terms of any disciplinary action taken by the Committee or the Board of Medical Examiners shall not count toward the hours required for any renewal period.

The Board may waive or otherwise modify the requirements in cases where there is retirement, or an illness, disability or other undue hardship that prevents a licensee from obtaining the requisite number of continuing education hours. Requests for waivers or modification must be sent in writing to the Administrative Office prior to the expiration of the renewal period in which the continuing education is due. *This request must be received by our office, in writing, before January 1st of the year your license will expire.*

All licensees, regardless of whether they possess a DEA registration, must complete at least two hours of continuing medical education related to controlled substance prescribing, which must include instruction in the Department’s treatment guidelines (i.e., Tennessee Chronic Pain Guidelines) on opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, and carisoprodol and may include topics such as medicine addiction, risk management tools, and other topics approved by the Committee. 

Requirements

Educational Programs

Educational Programs

Christian Brothers University
650 East Parkway South
Memphis, TN 38104
Mark J. Scott, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA
Program Director
Ofc (901) 321- 4126
Fax (901) 321-3575
https://www.cbu.edu/professional-health
mscott5@cbu.edu

Trevecca Nazarene University
333 Murfreesboro Road
Nashville, TN 37210
615-248-1200
http://www.trevecca.edu/

Bethel College PA Program
325 Cherry Avenue
McKenzie, TN  38210
731-352-4247

South College - Knoxville 
3904 Lonas Drive 
Knoxville, TN  37909
865-251-1800

South College - Nashville 
616 Marriott Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
629-802-3000

Univeristy of Tennessee Health Science Center 
930 Madison Avenue; 6th Floor 
Memphis, TN 38163
901-448-5581

Lipscomb Unitversity 
One University Park Drive
Nashville, TN 37204
800-333-4358

Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) 
1301 E Main Street 
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
615-898-2300

Lincoln Memorial University - Harrogate 
6965 Cumberland Gap Pkwy
Harrogate, TN 37752
423-869-3611

Lincoln Memorial University - Knoxville 
9737 Cogdill Road
Knoxville, TN 37932
865-338-5800

Milligan University
101 Neth Drive 
Milligan College, TN 37682
423-461-8700

Meharry Medical College 
1005 Dr DB Todd Jr. Blvd 
Nashville, TN 37208
615-327-6000

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions

FAQs

• Supervision FAQs

Policies, Rules, & Statutes

Policies

• Continuing Education  Policy
• High Risk Prescriber Policy
• Applications with Criminal Convictions 
• Competency and Re-Entry Policy
• Criminal Background Check Policy
• Lapsed License Policy

Rules

Click here for Rules and Regulations pertaining to the Tennessee Board on Physicians Assistants

Statutes

Statutes are proposed and made law by the Tennessee State General Assembly (Legislature). The Board, following specific notice requirements and hearings, adopts rules. Both have the force of law and may be used in the regulation of a profession. The statutes pertaining to this Board are found at T. C. A. 63-1 (Division of Health Related Boards), T.C.A. 63-6 (Medicine and Surgery) and T.C.A. 63-2 (Medical Records).

Click here to review the Tennessee Code Annotated. (This link will take you to a website that is not maintained by the Tennessee Department of Health).