Asheville PANCE and State Licensure

PANCE

Graduates of the PA program must pass the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) to become a certified PA and to obtain a permanent state license. Once the Asheville Class of 2025 graduates, PANCE data will be added here.

 

STATE LICENSURE

PAs must be licensed by the state in which they intend to practice before seeing patients. State laws and regulations for Physician Assistants vary from state to state. Statutory and regulatory requirements for initial licensure and license renewal for each state can also be found via this link – https://www.aapa.org/download/19739/. As indicated via this site, graduation from an ARC-PA accredited program meets initial licensure requirements for all states (not required currently by Minnesota) and the passing of the PANCE national certification exam is required. Another resource is https://www.nccpa.net/stateboards.