All physician assistants are required to renew their PA licenses each year within 30 days of their birthday. Failure to renew may cause the physician assistant’s license to be placed on inactive status. A detailed description of what it means to have an “inactive” license appears below.

Inactive Status for Licenses
The Medical Practice Act (NCGS 90, Article 1) allows a physician assistant’s North Carolina license to become “inactive” if they decide not to practice in North Carolina . PAs whose licenses are inactive are not required to renew annually with the Board or to pay the annual renewal fee. It must be clearly understood that when a license becomes inactive, the PA holding that license is no longer permitted to practice medical acts in North Carolina.

To request inactive status please send an email to registration@ncmedboard.org. Include your full name, license number and inactive date.

To reinstate an inactive license, you must apply to the Board, meet the current licensing requirements, and pay the full PA license fee, which is currently $238, including a $38.00 fee for criminal history record check.

Please remember, when your license is inactive, you may NOT practice in North Carolina .