California Code
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 3500. - 3500. In its concern with the growing shortage and geographic...

Section 3500.5. - 3500.5. This chapter shall be known and cited as the...

Section 3501. - 3501. As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the...

Section 3502. - 3502. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a PA may perform...

Section 3502.1. - 3502.1. In addition to the medical services authorized in the...

Section 3502.1.5. - 3502.1.5. This chapter or any other provision of law shall...

Section 3502.2. - 3502.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician assistant...

Section 3502.3. - 3502.3. (a) (1) A practice agreement shall include provisions that...

Section 3502.4. - 3502.4. (a) In order to receive authority from the physician...

Section 3502.5. - 3502.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician assistant...

Section 3503. - 3503. No person other than one who has been licensed...

Section 3503.5. - 3503.5. (a) A person licensed under this chapter who in...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 3504. - 3504. (a) There is established a Physician Assistant Board. The...

Section 3504.1. - 3504.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 3505. - 3505. The members of the board shall include four physician...

Section 3506. - 3506. Each member of the board shall receive a per...

Section 3507. - 3507. The appointing power has power to remove from office...

Section 3508. - 3508. (a) The board may convene from time to time...

Section 3509. - 3509. It shall be the duty of the board to:...

Section 3509.5. - 3509.5. The board shall elect annually a president and a...

Section 3510. - 3510. The board may adopt, amend, and repeal regulations as...

Section 3511. - 3511. Five members shall constitute a quorum for transacting any...

Section 3512. - 3512. (a) Except as provided in Sections 159.5 and 2020,...

ARTICLE 3 - Certification and Approval

Section 3513. - 3513. The board shall recognize the approval of training programs...

Section 3514.1. - 3514.1. (a) The board shall formulate by regulation guidelines for...

Section 3516. - 3516. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician...

Section 3517. - 3517. (a) The board shall require a written examination of...

Section 3518. - 3518. The board shall keep a current register for licensed...

Section 3519. - 3519. The board shall issue a license to all physician...

Section 3519.5. - 3519.5. (a) The board may issue a probationary license to...

ARTICLE 4 - Revenue

Section 3520. - 3520. Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar...

Section 3521.1. - 3521.1. The fees to be paid by physician assistants are...

Section 3521.2. - 3521.2. The fees to be paid by physician assistant training...

Section 3521.3. - 3521.3. (a) The board may establish, by regulation, a system...

Section 3523. - 3523. All physician assistant licenses shall expire at 12 midnight...

Section 3524. - 3524. A license or approval that has expired may be...

Section 3524.5. - 3524.5. (a) The board may require a licensee to complete...

Section 3525. - 3525. A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall...

Section 3526. - 3526. A person who fails to renew his or her...

ARTICLE 5 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation

Section 3527. - 3527. (a) The board may order the denial of an...

Section 3528. - 3528. Any proceedings involving the denial, suspension, or revocation of...

Section 3529. - 3529. The board may hear any matters filed pursuant to...

Section 3530. - 3530. (a) A person whose license or approval has been...

Section 3531. - 3531. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

ARTICLE 6 - Penalties

Section 3532. - 3532. Any person who violates Section 3502, 3503, 3515, or...

Section 3533. - 3533. Whenever any person has engaged in any act or...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants

Section 3534. - 3534. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 3534.1. - 3534.1. The board shall establish and administer a diversion program...

Section 3534.2. - 3534.2. (a) Any committee established by the board shall have...

Section 3534.3. - 3534.3. Each committee has the following duties and responsibilities: (a)...

Section 3534.4. - 3534.4. Criteria for acceptance into the diversion program shall include...

Section 3534.5. - 3534.5. A participant may be terminated from the program for...

Section 3534.6. - 3534.6. In addition to the criteria and causes set forth...

Section 3534.7. - 3534.7. All board and committee records and records of proceedings...

Section 3534.8. - 3534.8. A fee may be charged for participation in the...

Section 3534.9. - 3534.9. If the board contracts with any other entity to...

Section 3534.10. - 3534.10. Participation in a diversion program shall not be a...

ARTICLE 7 - Osteopathic Physician Assistants

Section 3535. - 3535. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, physicians and...

ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants

Section 3537.10. - 3537.10. (a) Subject to the other provisions of this article,...

Section 3537.15. - 3537.15. (a) Before establishing an ongoing international medical graduate physician...

Section 3537.20. - 3537.20. Any person who has satisfactorily completed the program established...

Section 3537.25. - 3537.25. Both the pilot and the ongoing training program shall...

Section 3537.30. - 3537.30. (a) The Legislature recognizes that the goal of this...

Section 3537.35. - 3537.35. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall,...

Section 3537.40. - 3537.40. The Physician Assistant Training Fund is hereby created in...

Section 3537.45. - 3537.45. The program established pursuant to this article shall not...

Section 3537.50. - 3537.50. No General Fund revenues shall be expended to carry...

ARTICLE 8 - Physicians Assistants Corporations

Section 3540. - 3540. A physician assistants corporation is a corporation which is...

Section 3541. - 3541. It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of...

Section 3542. - 3542. A physician assistant corporation shall not do or fail...

Section 3543. - 3543. The name of a physician assistant corporation and any...

Section 3544. - 3544. Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of...

Section 3545. - 3545. The income of a physician assistant corporation attributable to...