Pennsylvania Changes

Below find summaries of the actions that Pennsylvania has taken concerning health practitioner licensure requirements during the COVID-19 emergency:

• Gov. Wolf and Dept. of State Issue Certain Suspensions for PAs, CRNPs, CRNAs During COVID-19 Emergency
  
  

• Expedited Temporary Licensure for Out-of-State Practitioners & Requirements Related to Institutional Licensees
  

• Pennsylvania to Allow Retired Health Care Professionals to Bolster COVID-19 Response
  
  
• Pennsylvania Extends License Renewal Deadlines for Nurses, Graduate Medical Trainees during Coronavirus Emergency
  
  
• COVID-19 Waivers and Allowances for Graduate Medical Trainees
  
  
• Temporary Regulatory Suspension of Requirements for Emergency Oral Prescriptions
  
  
• Waiver of Regulatory Requirement on Age Limit for Pharmacist-Administered Flu Vaccines
  
  
• Temporary Regulatory Suspension of Requirements for Children's Immunizations in Pennsylvania
  
  
• Waiver to Allow Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder via Telemedicine

Find a complete list of licensure suspensions announced by the Pennsylvania Department of State here.