PAs renew online through the Board’s website. The Board sends a renewal notice, as a courtesy, by first class mail to PAs approximately two months before their birthday. PAs may request to have this notice sent via email. The notice contains a File ID#, which is required to renew online. If you lose your File ID# you may recover it by clicking the button at right. After logging in to the renewal system, licensees will be prompted to answer a series of questions and required to provide certain information, if appropriate (information about malpractice payments, for example). The renewal process typically takes 10-15 minutes and licensees pay their renewal fee by MasterCard/VISA.

The Board will send a Certified Letter of Notice for “failure to register” to any physician assistant who is 30 days delinquent in renewing his or her license. (Notices are sent to the PA’s last known mailing address.) If there is no response from that PA within 30 days, the license will automatically become inactive. No other notice will be sent. A physician assistant may NOT practice medical acts in North Carolina while their license is inactive.