Physician Assistant License first issued in 2016

286 of Washington’s 6,173 active physician assistant license credentials — 4.6% of them — were first issued in 2016.

The 2016 intake, and where it stands now

These 286 people were first credentialled as physician assistant license during 2016 and are still active today. A first-issue year is the closest thing this register has to a start date: it says when the Department first recognised someone in this role, not how long they have worked in health care.

1 of the 286 active credentials in this group carry a disciplinary flag in the Department’s file — 0.3% — and 3 carry one marked pending.

This site publishes that count and no more: never who. The reason is not discretion, it is accuracy — the published file carries a yes/no flag and nothing else: no reason, no date, no case number. Naming someone on the strength of it would publish a suspicion rather than a fact. Every credential counted here is active. Why the line is drawn there.

Do not let the date pass

286 credentials of this type were first issued in 2016. Washington renews most of them on the holder’s birthday, every year or every two years, and continuing-education hours have to be done before that date — not after. Leave your details and we will tell you when yours is close, and pass your request for continuing-education hours to providers who teach for this credential.

We take no commission and we vouch for no training provider. We have no arrangement with any provider today — we are collecting these requests in order to go and find them. What we do with this.

Who they are

This is a slice of a bigger group: all 6,173 physician assistant license credentials, and what a license is.

Other groups of a similar size

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• Marriage and Family Therapist License — 2026 289
• Pharmacy Technician Certification — 2007 288
• Social Worker Associate Independent Clinical License — 2022 288
• Occupational Therapist License — 2022 287
• Physician And Surgeon License — 1993 287
• Physician Assistant License — 2020 286
• Licensed Practical Nurse — 2016 285
• Registered Nurse License — 1983 284
• Marriage and Family Therapist License — 2025 283
• Massage Therapist License — 2003 283