Alaska Physician Assistants CE Requirements, Accreditations & Approvals
Alaska Physician Assistants
In
support of improving patient care, NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for
Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to
provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) considers NetCE courses to be Category 1.
The Alaska State Medical Board accepts courses from any provider who is ACCME-accredited and awards AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™.
Continuing Education Requirement
PAs: Must show evidence that certification has been met by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) every two year licensing period. As a condition of the 2018 renewals and thereafter, holders of a valid federal DEA registration number are required 2 hours in pain management and opioid misuse and abuse.
For More Information
Please contact the Alaska State Medical Board at (907) 269-8163 or https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/MedicalStatutes.pdf for additional information regarding your continuing education.
For additional information regarding NCCPA's continuing education requirement please access their website at http://www.nccpa.net/continuingmedicaleducation.
