Retired Status Application Information

Effective April 1, 2019, the Physician Assistant Board (Board) adopted California Code of Regulations (CCR), title 16, section 1399.515, which allows a physician assistant to apply for the retired status. The intent of the retired status is for licensees who are retiring from the physician assistant profession.

If the status of your license is current active or current inactive, please submit the Application for Retired Status prior to the expiration date of your license. Renewal fees will be waived upon the approval of the application.

If your license status is delinquent, you are required to complete and submit a License Renewal Application and pay all outstanding renewal fees prior to submitting the Application for Retired Status. The Board will not waive outstanding renewal fees for licensees whose license status is delinquent.

Licensees with a license status of canceled, suspended, revoked, or otherwise punitively restricted by the Board or subject to disciplinary action under the Medical Practice Act (commencing with Section 2000 of the Code), Physician Assistant Practice Act (commencing with Section 3500 of the Code), are not permitted to apply for the retired status.

Once the license status of retired is granted, renewal fees will not be assessed, and the license will not cancel.

Continue to Application for Retired Status Form (PDF)

Reinstatement

To reinstate retired license, the licensee must submit the following to the Board:

  • A License Renewal Application
  • Payment of the renewal fees for the current renewal cycle
  • Payment of Controlled Substance utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) fee for the current renewal cycle
  • Evidence of Continuing Medical Education (CME) compliance in accordance with California Code of Regulations, title 16, section 1399.615

Please contact the Board at (916) 561-8780 for information regarding fees.

CCR section 1399.515 – Retired Status

The board shall issue, upon receipt of a completed Application for Retired Status (Form PAB-RET, 01/19), which is hereby incorporated by reference, a retired license to a physician assistant who meets all of the following requirements:
(1) The applicant has been licensed by the board and is not actively engaged in practice as a physician assistant or any activity that requires them to be licensed by the board.
(2) The applicant’s physician assistant license is not canceled, suspended, revoked, or otherwise punitively restricted by the board or subject to disciplinary action under the Medical Practice Act (commencing with Section 2000 of the Code), Physician Assistant Practice Act (commencing with Section 3500 of the Code), regulations adopted pursuant to those practice acts, and by the board.
(3) Beginning one (1) year from the effective date of this regulation, the applicant’s license is not delinquent. If the license is in a delinquent status, the applicant may satisfy this requirement by submitting payment for all outstanding fees with the retirement status application. For the purposes of this subsection, “outstanding fees” includes all accrued renewal fees, a twenty-five dollar ($25) delinquency fee, and the mandatory fee for the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) as set forth in Section 208 of the Code.
(b) The holder of a retired license:
(1) Shall be exempt from the renewal requirements described in Section 3524.5 of the Code.
(2) May restore his or her license to active status by: complying with the renewal requirements set forth in Section 1399.514, submitting proof of completion of continuing medical education (CME) as set forth in Section 1399.615 or proof of certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, submitting the license renewal fee as set forth in Section 1399.550, and submitting the mandatory fee for the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) as set forth in Section 208 of the Code.
(c) The board may upon its own determination, and shall upon receipt of a complaint from any person, investigate the actions of any licensee who may be in violation of this section.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 2018, 3510, and 3521.3 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 208, 464, 3521.1, and 3521.3 Business and Professions Code.

Business and Professions Code, section 3521.3

(a) The board may establish, by regulation, a system for the placement of a license on a retired status, upon application, for a physician assistant who is not actively engaged in practice as a physician assistant or any activity that requires them to be licensed by the board.
(b) No licensee with a license on a retired status shall engage in any activity for which a license is required.
(c) The board shall deny an applicant’s application for a retired status license if the license is canceled or if the license is suspended, revoked, or otherwise punitively restricted by the board or subject to disciplinary action under this chapter.
(d) Beginning one year from the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), if an applicant’s license is delinquent, the board shall deny an applicant’s application for a retired status license.
(e) The board shall establish minimum qualifications for a retired status license.
(f) The board may exempt the holder of a retired status license from the renewal requirements described in Section 3524.5.
(g) The board shall establish minimum qualifications for the restoration of a license in a retired status to an active status. These minimum qualifications shall include, but are not limited to, continuing education and payment of a fee as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 3521.1.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch.332, Sec. 54. Effective January 1, 2013)