{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-47-945","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 40-47-945","heading":"Conditions for granting permanent license.","body":"Except as otherwise provided in this article, an individual shall obtain a permanent license from the board before the individual may practice as a PA. The board shall grant a permanent license as a PA to an applicant who has:\n(1) submitted a completed application on forms provided by the board;\n(2) paid the nonrefundable application fees established in this article;\n(3) successfully completed an educational program for PAs approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant or its predecessor or successor organization;\n(4) successfully passed the PA National Certifying Examination administered by the National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and provided documentation that the applicant possesses a current, active NCCPA certificate;\n(5) certified that the applicant is mentally and physically able to engage safely in practice as a PA;\n(6) no licensure, certificate, or registration as a PA under current discipline, revocation, suspension, probation, or investigation for cause resulting from the applicant's practice as a PA;\n(7) good moral character; and\n(8) submitted to the board other information the board considers necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications, participated in an interview if requested by the board, or both.","path":["Title 40 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 47 Physicians and Miscellaneous Health Care Professionals","ARTICLE 7 South Carolina Physician Assistants Practice Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t40c047.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:22:54Z","sha256":"13d2239fbbd487ef77437d2fc7148ea773e6551a71d03e27816a20e4021e7ba9","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-47-940","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-40-47-950"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}