Physician Assistant Information

A physician assistant is a person who has graduated from a physician assistant or surgeon assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for Physician Assistants and has passed the certifying examination administered by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants.

• Patti Jo Bowman, PA-C, Chairperson, London
• Steven G. Gaskins, PA-C, Vice Chairman, Louisville
• Kathy L. Hornaday, Esq., Owensboro
• Brianna D. Legg, Georgetown
• Marty W. Mullins, PA-C, Hazard
• Patrick D. Pepper, PA-C, Lexington
• Jeffrey B. Richardson, M.D., Elizabethtown
• Timothy K. Thurston, PA-C, Boaz
• John R. White, M.D., Lexington

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The following application is intended for new physician assistant applicants.

• Physician Assistant Application for Licensure (PDF 150KB)

If you are a physician assistant currently licensed in the state and are changing jobs, your new supervising physician must complete an application for supervision.  Board approval must be granted prior to practicing under a new supervising physician.  If at any time a supervising physician ceases to employ or supervise you, you must notify the Board, in writing, within three (3) business days.

• Supervising Physician Application (PDF 63KB)

This profile is used to verify the status of physician assistants licensed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

• Physician Assistant Profile

Kentucky Revised Statutes - Chapter 311

Includes enactments through the 2006 Regular Session.

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• 311.840 Definitions for KRS 311.840 to 311.862
• 311.842 Administrative regulations- Physicians Assistant Advisory Committee - Physician assistant students.
• 311.844 Licensing of physician assistants - Requirements - Endorsement from other states - Renewal of license.
• 311.845 Temporary licensing of physician assistants - Cancellation.
• 311.846 Examination - Educational and training programs.
• 311.848 Medical emergency - Approval of additional physician assistants-Emergency permit.
• 311.850 Discipline of physician assistants.
• 311.852 Emergency order issued by inquiry panel suspending, limiting or restricting license.
• 311.854 Approval of supervising physician - Requirements- Application - Number of assistants - Restriction on practice and supervision.
• 311.856 Duties of supervising physician.
• 311.858 Services and procedures that may be performed by physician assistant. Restrictions.
• 311.860 Services performed in location separate from supervising physician.
• 311.862 Practice as anesthesiology assistant.

Kentucky Administrative Regulations - KAR's

• 201 KAR 9:084 Fee Schedule.