Arkansas Code Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses § 17-105-102. Qualifications for licensure

(1) Submits an application on forms approved by the board;

(2) Pays the appropriate fees as determined by the board;

(3) Has successfully completed an educational program for physician assistants accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. or by its successor agency and has passed the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants;

(4) Certifies that he or she is mentally and physically able to engage safely in practice as a physician assistant;

(5) Has no licensure, certification, or registration as a physician assistant under current discipline, revocation, suspension, or probation for cause resulting from the applicant's practice as a physician assistant, unless the board considers the condition and agrees to licensure;

(6) [Repealed by Acts of 2019, Act 990, § 130, eff. July 24, 2019.]

(7) Submits to the board any other information the board deems necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications;

(8) Has been approved by the board;

(9) Is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; and

(10) After July 1, 1999, has at least a bachelor's degree in some field of study from a regionally accredited college or university, unless the applicant has: