Lost Certification?
We're glad that you are interested in regaining or reinstating your certification!
If you meet certain requirements, you may be able to have your certification reinstated.
If you do not meet the requirements for reinstatement, you can regain certification
by passing an exam. Both options are described below.
Reinstatement:
You may qualify for reinstatement if the reason your certification lapsed was because
you did not log all CME hours or submit all payments. This option does not apply
to PAs who did not finish earning the required CME hours before Dec. 31 of the certification
expiration year or did not pass a recertification exam by the end of their six-year
cycle.
The reinstatement fee is $250 minus any certification maintenance fees that were
already paid by Dec. 31 of the certification expiration year. All outstanding CME
hours and payments have to be submitted within six months after certification lapses.
Regaining:
To be eligible to attempt to regain certification via PANRE or Pathway II, you must
log 300 hours of CME earned during the six-year period ending on the day you submit
your application and payment. Also, 100 of those hours have to be earned during
the last two years leading up to the submission of the application and payment.
At least 150 of the total required CME hours must be Category I with 50 of them
being earned within the last two years from the submission of the application and
payment. Physician Assistants with an expired certification cannot log CME online
and will be required to submit any additional required
CME to NCCPA on a CME Logging for
Regaining Form.
**If you plan to take Pathway II, you must also fulfill the
100-point elective component requirement in addition to the 300-hour CME requirement.
No CME hours are required to take the PANCE exam to attempt to regain certification;
just submit the application and payment.
You can apply and pay for all three exams online at your personal identification
record.
