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Physician Assistant Application and Registration Fees

Application and Application-Related Fees

Application Fee:  The fee for physician assistant licensure in Texas is $220.00.  Additional non-refundable surcharge related to the Texas Physician Health Program ($5.25) will be assessed with the application fee. The entire fee must be submitted before your application can be assigned and processed.

Temporary License Fee:  The fee to issue a temporary license is $107.00.  If requested, a temporary license can be issued once you have met all the requirements for permanent licensure to enable you to practice until issuance of your permanent license on the next scheduled licensing date. Permanent licenses are issued once a month.  Use the License Issuance Dates link to the left for the list of specific dates and cutoff deadlines. If you would still like to request a temporary license please use the Temporary License link to the left for the form and submit this along with the fee.

Application-Related Fees:   Fees are typically required from other entities that provide documents or services.  This list is not all inclusive, but examples of entities that typically charge fees are: 

  • PearsonVue for administration of the jurisprudence exam; and 
  • MorphoTrust for processing the criminal history check. 

 

Registration Fees

  • Once the Board has issued you an official license number, you will have 90 days to register and activate your license.  Failure to register will result in penalty fees, and after one year, license cancellation.

     

    Please note: You must complete registration and pay the fee within 90 days of the date your license was issued to avoid penalty fees.  If you have not registered your license within 90 days of your license issue date, a penalty fee equal to ½ the registration fee will be assessed.  If you have not registered your license within 120 days of your license issue date, the penalty fee will increase to a fee equal to a full registration fee.  If you do not register within 12 months of the date of issuance of your license, your license will be considered canceled.

     

    Initial Registration Fee as of 9/1/2023

     

    The Board assigns a first registration period. These vary in length from 6 to 24 months. First time registration fees are prorated accordingly. Subsequent registrations will be two years in length and will be due on the same day each renewal.

     

    The initial registration fee includes the $13.48 Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) fee, and a $5 Office of Patient Protection fee for the first year, with an additional $1 charged for any subsequent year. These fees are required by statute and cannot be pro-rated. The remaining amount is required by the Physician Assistant Board and prorated for each permit length.

     

    These fees are explained in more detail in the chart below.

     

    Initial Registration 

    Length of Permit

    Agency Fee

    Ofc Pt Prot Fee

    PMP

    Total

    6 months

     $133.75

     $5.00

     $13.48

     $152.23

    9 months

     $200.63

     $5.00

     $13.48

     $219.11

    12 months

     $267.50

     $5.00

     $13.48

     $285.98

    15 months

     $334.38

     $5.00

     $13.48

     $352.86

    18 months

     $401.25

     $6.00

     $13.48

     $420.73

    21 months

     $468.13

     $6.00

     $13.48

     $487.61

    24 months

     $535.00

     $6.00

     $13.48

     $554.48

     

    As of 9/1/2023, he biennial registration fee includes the $13.48 Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) fee, $5.25 for the Physician Health Program (PHP) and a $2 Office of Patient Protection fee. These fees are required by statute. The remaining $535 is the fee required by the TMB.

     

    These fees are explained in more detail in the chart below.

      

     Subsequent Registration

    Agency Fee

    Ofc Pt Prot Fee

    *PHP

    PMP

    Total

     $ 535.00

     $ 2.00

     $ 5.25

     $ 13.48

     $ 555.73

    *Fees are not refundable.

     

    Online registration:

     

    No financial information is seen, processed, or stored by the Texas Medical Board. The payment portion of the online registration system is handled by Texas.gov, the official website of Texas.  The price of this service includes funds that support the ongoing operations and enhancements of Texas.gov, which is provided by a third party in partnership with the State. Texas.gov will remit the amount paid to the Texas Physician Assistant Board on your behalf.

     

    Please note that as of 9/1/2015 Texas.gov will charge a different amount depending on the type of online payment service used.

    Ex:           $555.73 Registration fee due          

                    $568.49 Total amount charged on credit card

     

    Ex:            $555.73 Registration fee due

                     $555.73 Total amount charged through electronic check

     

    Non-online (paper) registration:

     

    An additional processing fee of $50 will be charged to those licensees who choose to register through a paper form, when an online option is available.  If an online option is not available (ex: license is delinquent or suspended at the time of registration) the additional processing fee will not be required.

     

    To request a hard copy registration form, please contact the Registration Department at registrations@tmb.state.tx.us or (512) 305-7030.