Helpful Links for the Arizona PA



Licensure & Certification

ARBoPA
Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants
www.azpa.gov(This will link you to the Arizona PA Board as well)
NCCPA
157 Technology Parkway, Suite 800
Norcross, Georgia 30092-2913
Main Number 770-734-4500
Fax 770-734-4535
www.nccpa.net

National Association

AAPA
American Academy of Physician Assistants
www.aapa.org
 

Arizona PA Programs

ASHS
Arizona School of Health Sciences, AT Still University
www.atsu.edu/ashs/
 
Midwestern University
College of Health Sciences
www.midwestern.edu

Clinical Ethics Resources

American Academy of Physician Assistants, www.aapa.org
Guidelines for Ethical Conduct for the Physician Assistant Profession
http://www.aapa.org/manual/23-EthicalConduct.pdf
 
Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants, www.azpa.gov
Arizona Revised Statutes and Rules for PAs – the PA Practice Act
 
Arizona Medical Board, www.azmd.gov
“Sections of Law Related to Medicine”
– pdf document under “Statutes and Rules” link that addresses multiple areas of medical law
 
**Supervising physicians can contact their professional associations, such as the Arizona Medical Association and the Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association, for help with clinical ethics questions.

Confidentiality Resources

CDC MMWR Guidelines for HIPAA, Protected Health Information and Public Health
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/m2e411a1.htm

 

Arizona Reporting Rules for Communicable Diseases
www.azsos.gov/public_services/Title_09/9-06.htm
 
Maricopa County Dept of Public Health – Communicable Disease Reporting
www.maricopa.gov/Public_Health/ControlPrevention/Communicable/default.aspx
 
 

Advance Directive Resources

Arizona Advance Directive Registry – maintained by the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office,
602-542-6187, www.azsos.gov
Health Care Decisions
A program of Hospice of the Valley devoted to educating the community about advance directives, which state individuals' wishes about their health care treatment.
http://www.hcdecisions.org/
 
Caring Connections
A national consumer and community engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life. Patients can download state specific living will or medical power of attorney forms.
http://www.caringinfo.org/stateaddownload
 
 

 

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