Surgical assistant
Surgical assistant
A surgical assistant must limit their practice of medicine to the provision of surgical assistance and will be required to surrender their privileges, including writing of prescriptions, and pre- and post-operative orders.
Requirements
Registration in the surgical assistant class may be granted to any registrant who was or is currently in the full – family, full – specialty, special, osteopathic, academic, conditional – practice limitations, or conditional – practice setting class.
Exceptions may be made for new applicants who want to be registered and licensed directly in the surgical assistant class.
Eligibility
To be eligible for registration and licensure in the surgical assistant class, an applicant must meet the eligibility requirements for one of the following classes of registration:
- full – family
- full – specialty
- special
- osteopathic
- academic
- conditional – practice limitations
- conditional – practice setting class
New applicants
Applicants who meet the requirements for registration and licensure in the full – family, full – specialty, or osteopathic class should complete an Application for Medical Registration (AMR) through no more than three months prior to their intended start date.