Oklahoma § 59-545.1 - PA Licensure Compact — Purpose

§ 59-545.1. PA Licensure Compact — Purpose

In order to strengthen access to medical services and in

recognition of the advances in the delivery of medical services, the

participating states of the PA Licensure Compact have allied in

common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements

the existing authority of state licensing boards to license and

discipline physician assistants, or PAs, and seeks to enhance the

portability of a license to practice as a PA while safeguarding the

safety of patients. The Compact allows medical services to be

provided by PAs via the mutual recognition of the licensee's

qualifying license by other Compact participating states. The

Compact also adopts the prevailing standard for PA licensure and

affirms that the practice and delivery of medical services by the PA

occurs where the patient is located at the time of the patient

encounter and therefore requires the PA to be under the jurisdiction

of the state licensing board where the patient is located. State

licensing boards that participate in the Compact retain the

jurisdiction to impose adverse action against a Compact privilege in

that state issued to a PA through the procedures of the Compact.

The PA Licensure Compact will alleviate burdens for military

families by allowing active duty military personnel and their

spouses to obtain a Compact privilege based on having an

unrestricted license in good standing from a participating state.

Added by Laws 2024, c. 22, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2024.