Physician Assistant

Summary
Hawai‘i ranks close to the national median in physician
assistant license requirements.
Requirement
|
Hawai‘i
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Category Rank
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National Median
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OVERALL
RANK (quintile)
|
2 |
|
|
Education
|
Graduation
from an accredited physician assistant program
|
Not Ranked
|
Graduation
from an accredited physician assistant program
|
Examination
and Certification
|
NCCPA certification
|
Not Ranked
|
NCCPA
certification or passing the NCCPA examination
|
Fees
|
$210
|
3
|
$225
|
Continuing
Education
|
50 hours
per year
|
3
|
50 hours
per year
|
Reciprocity
or Endorsement
|
No
|
3
|
No.
12 states have some form of reciprocity or endorsement.
|
Notes on
Physician Assistant
ranking:
1 = most difficult, most requirements, highest fees.
5 = least difficult, fewest requirements, lowest fees.
Education: All states require graduation
from an accredited physician assistant program. This requirement is a
prerequisite to National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
(NCCPA) certification.
Examination: All states specify either passing the NCCPA
administered examination or NCCPA certification. The NCCPA awards certification
upon passing the examination.
Fees: Rank is based on the cost of an initial license, an
annualized renewal fee, and the application or registration fee for the
supervising physician. This reflects the cost of obtaining and renewing a license.
Eight states charge an additional fee to register a supervising physician.
Continuing education: This is expressed as hours per year. Fifty hours per year of CE was attributed to
states that did not specifically require continuing education but required
current NCCPA certification for renewal. The NCCPA requires 100 hours of
continuing education every two years to maintain certification. Eight states do
not require evidence of continuing education or current NCCPA certification as
a prerequisite to renew a license.
Reciprocity: Twelve
states have some form of reciprocity or endorsement.