Minnesota PA Licensing 

Applicants / Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (mn.gov)

RENEW Minnesota PA License

Renew Your License / Minnesota Board of Medical Practice (mn.gov)

Additional licensing requirements and resources:

• 2022 Minnesota Statutes PA Practice Law
• MN Licensure Statistics
• Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) Statues
• To obtain a DEA number/registration, apply online or call the DEA Regional Field Office at 612-344-4136
• To register your DEA number, create an account with the Minnesota Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), call their office at 651-201-2836 or email: minnesota.pmp@state.mn.us
• Minnesota Department of Human Service's Opioid Prescribing Improvement Program, and a pdf of approved course is linked on their medical practice webpage
  

Continuing Education

Each licensed PA must obtain 50 contact hours of Category 1 CME every two years or meet standards through current National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants certifications as a condition of licensure renewal.  Newly licensed PAs commence their two-year cycle on July 1st immediately following the date license was granted.

Category 1 CME

Category 1 CME consists of clinical and professional educational activities that serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills and professional performance that a PA uses to provide services for patients, the public and the profession.

The content of Category 1 CME is the body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine and the provision of health care to the public.

NCCPA Logging

NCCPA is the only certifying organization for PAs in the United States.

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NCCPA has announced that beginning in 2023, PAs will have two options for their recertification assessment. The traditional PANRE that is administered at Pearson VUE test centers will remain as one option, and NCCPA will also launch an official alternative longitudinal, take-at-home process called PANRE-LA.

More specific information on the recertification options will be provided to the groups of PAs who are eligible to apply in 2022.

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Visit www.nccpa.net to log your certification record.