Applicants for Temporary Licensure

PURPOSE: This rule provides the requirements to apply for anesthesiologist assistant temporary licensure. (1) A temporary license may be issued to an applicant for licensure who meets the qualifications of section 334.404, RSMo and has made application on forms prepared by the board. The temporary license is valid until the results of the certifying examination are officially reported. (2) No application will be considered unless fully and completely made out on the specified forms and properly attested pursuant to section 334.404, RSMo. (3) Applications shall be sent to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, PO Box 4, Jefferson City, MO 65102. (4) The fee shall be sent in the form of a personal check, money order or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank and/or firm payable to the State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts. No application will be processed until the licensure fee is received. (5) All applicants shall attach to the application a recent photograph not larger than three and one-half inches by five inches (3 1/2" × 5"). (6) All applicants are required to submit satisfactory evidence of completion of an anesthesiologist assistant program accredited by the Committee on Allied Health, Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association, or its successor, or a letter from their program director stating that the applicant will graduate and the anticipated graduation date. Applicants shall submit a copy of their diploma within two (2) weeks of their graduation. (7) All applicants are required to submit verification of licensure, registration or certification from every state or territory in which the applicant is or has ever been licensed, registered or certified to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant; and all other professional licenses, registrations, or certifications issued to the applicant regardless of whether or not such license, registration or certification is current. This verification must be submitted directly to the board from the licensing agency. If the licensing agency refuses or fails to provide a verification, the board may consider other evidence of licensure. (8) All applicants shall submit a complete curriculum vitae from high school graduation to the date of application submission or for the previous ten (10) years whichever is most recent. This document must include the names and addresses of all previous employers, supervisors and job titles, from the date of high school graduation to the date of licensure application. (9) Each applicant shall provide to the board a copy of the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants’ admission letter for the certification examination; such letter shall specify the date the applicant sat for the certification examination. (10) Each applicant shall instruct the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants to submit the applicant’s certification examination results directly to the board. (11) If the applicant passes the examination, the temporary license shall remain valid until a permanent license is issued or denied. (12) The temporary license shall be valid until the examination results are received by the board, not to exceed three (3) weeks following the mailing of the results by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants. (13) Applicants who fail the certification examination, as determined by the National Commission for Certification of Anesthesiologist Assistants, are required to inform their employer, the same day they are notified of the results both verbally and in writing. A copy of this notification must be submitted to the board. (14) When an applicant has filed his/her application and the appropriate fee for temporary licensure, and the applicant is denied by the board pursuant to the provisions of section 334.414, RSMo or is subsequently withdrawn by the applicant, the fee will be retained by the board pursuant to the provisions of 20 CSR 2150-9.080 and section 334.101.1, RSMo. (15) The board may require the applicant for temporary licensure to make a personal appearance before the advisory commission and/or board before a final decision regarding licensure is rendered. (16) An applicant may withdraw his/her application for temporary licensure any time prior to the board’s vote on his/her candidacy for licensure. AUTHORITY: sections 334.125, RSMo 2000 and 334.406 and 334.414, RSMo Supp. 2006.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 150-9.050. Original rule filed Jan. 17, 2006, effective Aug. 30, 2006. Moved to 20 CSR 2150-9.050, effective Aug. 28, 2006. Amended: Filed June 27, 2007, effective Dec. 30, 2007. *Original authority: 334.125, RSMo 1959, amended 1993, 1995; 334.406, RSMo 2003; and 334.414, RSMo 2003.