Questions on PA Practice in Florida?
What To DO and What NOT To Do
Welcome to the FAPA website. If you have a question about any facet of PA practice in Florida this is the place
to search for your answer. While we certainly do not mind answering your emails and phone calls, you can save yourself a great
deal of time by quickly reviewing the information below and with a quick couple of clicks on your mouse you will most likely find
the answers to most of your questions. This site is designed specifically to be an information site for our members and visitors
and is updated daily as needed to keep the information current.
This webpage article is to advise PAs in Florida on how to handle questions that may arise from
time to time on PA practice in Florida. These questions may be on what PAs can and cannot
do in Florida; what should I do if this or that happens; who do I contact to get help on a certain
matter; or how do I go about doing something that I want to do but am not sure just how to do it and
be acting within the law and rules. When you sign your application for license in Florida, you are agreeing
to practice in accordance with the statutes, and administrative rules and regulations. If you run afoul of the law,
ignorance of the law is no excuse in the eyes of the Board of Medicince when it comes time for disciplinary action!
First and foremost, DO NOT Call the Department Of Health, The Board of Medicine, or the Council on Physician Assistants!
You may or may not talk to someone who can give you the correct answer. And if they give you an incorrect answer, that is
no help to you or anyone. If that person does not know the answer they may ask someone else who may ask someone else and if just snowballs
into more than you wanted it to do so. The end action is that you may have opened a can of worms that
may have disastrous effects for you and many other PAs in Florida. The Florida Academy has the resources to get you an answer to your
question. In all probability it will be a question that someone has asked previously.
So if you have a question:
Most FAPA leaders have anywhere from 10-30 years of experience here in Florida. We will be able to answer most questions posed to us. We also have
legal counsel on retainer to assist us as needed, and he has almost 15 years of experience in dealing with PA
matters and is in Tallahassee. But consulting him must be authorized by the President or their representative since it
involves legal fees for consultation. We also have Governmental Consultants in Tallahassee with twenty years of
experience in PA matters. They have a vast database of information and contacts in Tallahassee that they use
to help us solve problems.
So the bottom line is that a call to the Department Of Health, The Board of Medicine, or the Council on Physician Assistants
should be a last resort, and a call to the appropriate FAPA officer, committee chair, or our Legislative Consultants is the
absolute best thing to do. Help us to help you!
Below you will find online information that is readily available. You can check out our collection of related links to online resources,
categorized and summarized to help you find what you need fast. If you find a link that does not work, please let us know through the Comments Form
at the bottom of the page so we can correct the problem.
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information to include in our Knowledge Cafe.
Find out what the Florida Academy has done for the PA profession and all the PAs in Florida since it's inception to help you understand the importance of membership in FAPA.
Information on when to complete a new Supervision Data Form and the Application Form for Changes in
Prescribing Licensure.
Find out about the PA programs in Florida, and scholarship resource information.
Listing of CME opportunities available online.
Continuing medical education update article for those licensed in Florida.
Frequently asked questions about FAPA and the PA profession in Florida ...
categorized to help you find the answers you need quickly.
Find out all the information you need to know about getting a license, and practicing
in Florida. Updated in September 2005.
Find out about reimbursement issues of interest in Florida.
If you have questions about PA licensing in the State of Florida, look here ...
Find out about licensure, application deadlines, get application forms,
see related statutes and rules, find out how to become a continuing education provider ... and more.
Look here for articles on what is happening with regard to FAPA and the PA profession in Florida.
FAPA members can post a link to their personal or business website here as a membership benefit.
Listing of quick links to important informational sites for the PAs in Florida. Includes government sites, universities, and others.
Listing of mulitple information websites relative to health and the PA profession.
The AAPA's Web site now offers an AAPA Legislative Action Center connecting PA and
student members to both their federal and state elected officials. Here you can learn
about the latest issues of importance to you and your patients You can add your voice to
the public debate by easily contacting your legislators Visit the AAPA Legislative Action
Center to learn more.
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