FAQ - PA Licensing

Answer: You will be required to complete the application, additional forms, answer attestation questions, submit information, and pay the fee(s). After you submit your initial application, and payment has processed, a licensing analyst will be assigned to your application. The analyst will track your documents as they arrive in our office, and work with you to request any additional information needed to process your application. Once your application is complete, it will be sent for a final review. Once your application is approved, you will be issued your license, our agency webpage will be updated, and a wall certificate will be mailed.

Answer: We accept checks, money orders, Debit, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. To charge to your debit or credit card, please use the authorization form.

Answer: It is important for you to understand that the process takes an average of 4 to 8 weeks. Information is not only coming from you but also various organization and other sources that require time to process your request and provide the needed verifications.

Answer: All Physician Assistants licenses expire on December 31; the license must be renewed each year.

Answer: The renewal period begins November 15; and ends January 31.

Answer: You may renew online, download a renewal form, or contact our office to have a renewal form mailed to you. These links/forms will be available annually beginning November 15th-December 31st (and January 1st through January 31st for late renewals) of each year.

Answer: To renew online you will need to have available your Kansas Board of Healing Arts license number, birth date, last 4 numbers of your social security number, name, license number of all health care professionals that supervise you (if required), continuing education CEU hours (if required) and payment information. Log in to our renewal site to fill out and submit your renewal. Renewal will be available annually beginning November 15th-December 31st (and January 1st through January 31st for late renewals) of each year.

Answer: $150

Answer: We will accept online and form renewals until January 31. The fee for renewing late increase to $215.00.

Answer: Your license will be cancelled on February 1. Once your license has been cancelled you may not practice in Kansas until the Board reinstates the license. Practicing after your license has been cancelled is unlawful and will subject you to disciplinary action.

Answer: To begin the process you will download a reinstatement form. You will be asked to complete forms and collect information, and submit $3.00 for a NPDB Report. You will be assigned an application analyst that will track your documents as they arrive in our office. After all of your paper work has been received, your file will be sent to review. This review might result in a request for additional information or clarification of provided information. Once the necessary materials have been received and approved, you will be notified in writing that your license has been reinstated.

Answer: One-year update: 50 hours with a minimum of 20 hours of Category I and at least one hour from Category III, Two-year update: 100 hours with minimum of 40 hours of Category I and at least two hours from Category III. (See K.A.R. 100-28a-5 in the PA practice handbook).

• Category I: attendance at an educational presentation that is approved by the board.
• Category II: participating in or attending an educational activity that is approved by the board. Category II continuing education may include self-study or group activities; and
• Category III: participating in or attending an internet or live educational activity that meets the requirements of either a category I or a category II continuing education activity and meets at least one of the following content requirements: (A) Acute or chronic pain management; (B) the appropriate prescribing of opioids; or (C) the use of prescription drug monitoring programs.

Answer: All new policies and policies that renew on and after January 1, 2022, K.S.A. 40-3402 requires MD, DO, DC, DPM and PAs with an active license in Kansas to maintain professional liability insurance of not less than $500,000 per claim, and not less than $1,500,000 annual aggregate for all claims made during the policy period. These professions are also required to maintain compliance with the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund (KHCSF). K.S.A. 40-3404; K.S.A. 65-2809(c); K.S.A. 65-2005(d); K.S.A. 65-28a03(b). For questions relating to how to comply with Fund requirements, please contact (785) 291-3777 or email HCSF@ks.gov.

Answer: Please download and complete the address change form and fax or mail to our office.

Answer: Please download and complete the change of name form to correct the name. To obtain a certificate in your new name download and complete the request for additional certificates form along with a fee of $15. Please fax or mail in the completed forms to our office along with your payment.

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• Active: A license issued to a person authorizing practice as a physician assistant. Applicants for active licensure must provide evidence of professional liability insurance (which will be in effect as of the date of licensure) in compliance with Kansas law before a license will be issued. Each active license may be renewed annually. Licensees must maintain and submit evidence of satisfactory completion of a program of continuing education. Licensees must maintain and submit evidence of professional liability insurance, and contribute to the Kansas Health Care Stabilization Fund (more information about this fund can be found here: https://hcsf.kansas.gov/). A current active practice form and written agreement must be on file with the Board.
• Federal or Military: A license issued to a person who practices in the course of employment or active duty in the United States government or any of its departments, bureaus or agencies, or who, in addition to such employment or duty, provides professional services as a charitable health care provider as defined under K.S.A. 75-6102. The holder of a federal active license must certify that they have obtained the required continuing education, but is not required to have a responsible physician licensed in Kansas.
• Inactive: A license issued to a person who does not engage in professional practice and who does not hold oneself out to the public as being engaged in the professional practice in the state of Kansas. An inactive license does not entitle the holder to engage in any practice in Kansas. A Physician Assistant with an inactive license must meet continuing education requirements. A Physician Assistant with an inactive license is not required to have a responsible physician.

Answer: If you are requesting to change your license type during the renewal period you may complete the Designation/Type Change section on the renewal form. If you wish to change your license type outside of the renewal period please complete designation/type change form. Return the form by mail and enclose your current wallet card. Documentation of CEU, professional liability insurance and additional fees may be required depending on the license type.

Answer: If adding an additional supervising physician, the Physician Assistant Active Practice Request Form and Written Agreement may be downloaded or requested. These forms may be faxed or mailed to our office. If terminating a responsible physician you may download or request the Notice of Termination of Supervision of a Physician Assistant form. This form may be faxed or mailed in to our office.