Arkansas Code
Chapter 105 - Physician Assistants
§ 17-105-106. Exemption from licensure

This chapter does not require licensure of:
(1) A physician assistant student enrolled in a physician assistant or surgeon assistant educational program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or by its successor agency;
(2) A physician assistant employed in the service of the United States Government while performing duties incident to that employment;
(3) Technicians, other assistants, or employees of physicians who perform delegated tasks in the office of a physician but who are not rendering services as a physician assistant or identifying themselves as a physician assistant;
(4) A physician assistant in the service of the Department of the Military or the Arkansas National Guard, or both. These physician assistants shall be allowed to perform their physician assistant practice duties, including prescribing, in the same manner as they would if federalized by the United States Government;
(5) A physician assistant who is temporarily transiting through the State of Arkansas while caring for a patient, provided that he or she remains under the supervision of his or her supervising physician; or
(6) A physician assistant providing services through a program in partnership with federal Innovative Readiness Training if the physician assistant has obtained a license to practice from another state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia.

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