Physician Assistant
- Exam
- State + third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Required
Physician Assistants are health care professionals licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision. As a part of their comprehensive responsibilities, PA’s may obtain patient histories, perform physical examinations, order and/or perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, formulate a working diagnosis, develop and implement a treatment plan, monitor the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions, assist at surgery, offer counseling and education to meet patient needs and make appropriate referrals. They may request, receive and sign for the receipt of pharmaceutical sample prescription medications and distribute the samples to patients in a specific practice setting where the PA is authorized to prescribe pharmaceutical medications and sign prescription drug orders at a site, as provided by the Medical Practice Act.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Both state and third-party exams required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Board
- Texas Medical Board
- Address
- PO Box 2029 Austin, TX 78768
- Phone
- (512) 305-7010
- Agency website
- http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/licensing
- Last updated
- August 10, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Physician Assistant 29-1071.00
- Private Investigator 33-9021.00
Source and verification
This record is Texas's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Texas Medical Board — see the issuing body section above.
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