{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"3503","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 3503","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7.7. Physician Assistants [3500. - 3545.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-7.7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [3500. - 3503.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-7.7/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 497, Sec. 17.   (SB 1526)   Effective January 1, 2025.","effective":"2025-01-01","html":"<p>No person other than one who has been licensed to practice as a physician assistant shall practice as a physician assistant or in a similar capacity to a physician and surgeon or podiatrist or hold themselves out as a “physician assistant,” or shall use any other term indicating or implying that they are a physician assistant.</p>","text":"No person other than one who has been licensed to practice as a physician assistant shall practice as a physician assistant or in a similar capacity to a physician and surgeon or podiatrist or hold themselves out as a “physician assistant,” or shall use any other term indicating or implying that they are a physician assistant.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/general-provisions-3503","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}