2022-24 Physician Assistant Workforce Survey Page 5 of 23 Introduction The 2024 Physician Assistant Workforce Annual Report is based on responses to the Florida Physician Assistant Workforce Survey. The survey was established as part of the biennial licensure process for PAs in sections 458.347(7) and 459.022(7), Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 2018. PAs must renew their licenses every other year to continue practicing. Since the survey is only administered upon licensure renewal, newly licensed PAs are not included in this analysis. The survey5 is administered in the same manner as the physician workforce survey established by section 458.3191, Florida Statutes, and is submitted to the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine by MQA. A total of 14,427 PAs6 renewed their license during 2022 and 2024 and responded to the workforce survey. Of those who responded to the prompt, 12,162 out of 14,342 (for a 99.4% response rate) respondents (85%) said that they are actively practicing medicine in Florida. This report presents findings from the 14,427 PAs who responded to the survey at the time of their renewals in 2022 and 2024. The Council on Physician Assistants The Council on Physician Assistants (Council), established by sections 458.347(9) and 459.022(9), Florida Statutes, makes recommendations to the Florida Department of Health (Department) on the licensure of physician assistants. The Council develops rules regulating the use of PAs by physicians, makes recommendations to the Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine regarding all matters relating to PAs, and addresses concerns of practicing PAs to improve safety in the clinical practice of licensed PAs. 5 It should be noted that the Physician Workforce Survey was updated in 2019. The Physician Assistant Workforce Survey is based on the previous version of the Physician Workforce Survey. 6 It should be noted that not every PA who responded to the survey responded to every question, therefore the statistics generated for each question are based on the number of respondents for each question and not the total number of overall respondents.
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