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PA Board initiates rulemaking to tighten retired‑status reactivation, requires fingerprint checks for reentry within five years
Summary
The board voted April 21 to begin rulemaking that would require retired physician assistants seeking to reactivate within five years to be fingerprinted for DOJ criminal‑history checks, remove an expired grandfathering clause, and update the retired‑status application form.
At its April 21 meeting the California Physician Assistant Board voted to initiate a rulemaking package to amend Title 16, California Code of Regulations section 1399.515, governing retired‑status licenses and reactivation requirements.
The revised language approved by the board would limit restoration of a retired license to within five years of issuance, consistent with Business and Professions Code section 3526 provisions for cancelled licenses, retain a fingerprinting requirement for reactivation but clarify that the board will request fingerprints only if they are not already on file with the Department of…
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