CHAPTER 7.7. Physician Assistants [3500. - 3545.]
Heading of Chapter 7.7 amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 5.
§§ 3500–3545 · 77 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 3500–3503.5 · 13 sections
- § 3500 In its concern with the growing shortage and geographic maldistribution of health care services in California, the Legislature intends to establish in this…
- § 3500.5 This chapter shall be known and cited as the Physician Assistant Practice Act.
- § 3501 As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the Physician Assistant Board. (b) “Approved program” means a program for the education of physician assistants that…
- § 3502 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a PA may perform medical services as authorized by this chapter if the following requirements are met: (1) The PA renders…
- § 3502.1 In addition to the medical services authorized in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 3502, and except as prohibited by Section 3502, a PA may furnish…
- § 3502.1.5 This chapter or any other provision of law shall not be construed to prohibit a physician assistant from administering or providing buprenorphine to a patient,…
- § 3502.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician assistant may perform the physical examination and any other specified medical services that are…
- § 3502.3 (a) (1) A practice agreement shall include provisions that address the following: (A) The types of medical services a physician assistant is authorized to…
- § 3502.35 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in recognition of the vital role physician assistants play in delivering safe, effective, and accessible health…
- § 3502.4 (a) In order to receive authority from the physician assistant’s supervising physician and surgeon to perform an abortion by aspiration techniques pursuant to…
- § 3502.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician assistant may perform those medical services permitted pursuant to Section 3502 during any state of war…
- § 3503 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…
- § 3503.5 (a) A person licensed under this chapter who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency that occurs outside both the place and course of…
ARTICLE 2. Administration §§ 3504–3511 · 11 sections
- § 3504 (a) There is established a Physician Assistant Board. The board consists of nine members. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2030,…
- § 3504.1 Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Physician Assistant Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions.…
- § 3504.2 Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of Section 3504 renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committee of the Legislature.
- § 3505 The members of the board shall include four physician assistants, one physician and surgeon who is also a member of the Medical Board of California, and four…
- § 3506 Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.
- § 3507 The appointing power has power to remove from office any member of the board, as provided in Section 106.
- § 3508 (a) The board may convene from time to time as deemed necessary by the board. (b) Notice of each meeting of the board shall be given at least two weeks in…
- § 3509 It shall be the duty of the board to: (a) Establish standards for, and issue licenses to, applicants qualifying for licensure under this chapter as a physician…
- § 3509.5 The board shall elect annually a president and a vice president from among its members.
- § 3510 The board may adopt, amend, and repeal regulations as may be necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter. All regulations shall…
- § 3511 Five members shall constitute a quorum for transacting any business. The affirmative vote of a majority of those present at a meeting of the board shall be…
ARTICLE 3. Certification and Approval §§ 3513–3519.5 · 7 sections
- § 3513 The board shall recognize the approval of training programs for physician assistants approved by a national accrediting organization. Physician assistant…
- § 3514.1 The board shall formulate by regulation guidelines for the consideration of applications for licensure as a physician assistant.
- § 3516 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a physician assistant licensed by the board shall be eligible for employment or supervision by a physician and surgeon who…
- § 3517 (a) The board shall require a written examination of physician assistants in the manner and under the rules and regulations as it shall prescribe, but the…
- § 3518 The board shall keep a current register for licensed PAs, if applicable. The register shall show the name of each licensee, the licensee’s last known address…
- § 3519 The board shall issue a license to all physician assistant applicants who meet all of the following requirements: (a) Provide evidence of successful completion…
- § 3519.5 (a) The board may issue a probationary license to an applicant subject to terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, any of the following conditions…
ARTICLE 4. Revenue §§ 3520–3526 · 11 sections
- § 3520 Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month, the board shall report to the Controller the amount and source of all collections made under this…
- § 3521.1 The fees to be paid by physician assistants are to be set by the board as follows: (a) An application fee charged to each physician assistant applicant shall…
- § 3521.3 (a) The board may establish, by regulation, a system for the placement of a license on a retired status, upon application, for a physician assistant who is not…
- § 3523 All physician assistant licenses shall expire at 12 midnight of the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the second year of a two-year term if…
- § 3524 A license or approval that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by filing an application for renewal on a form…
- § 3524.5 (a) The board may require a licensee to complete continuing education as a condition of license renewal under Section 3523 or 3524. The board shall not require…
- § 3524.6 A physician assistant who provides primary care to a patient population of which over 25 percent are 65 years of age or older shall complete at least 20…
- § 3524.65 Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 3524.5, beginning July 1, 2027, a physician assistant who provides care to a patient population composed of adult…
- § 3524.7 In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in infection-associated chronic conditions, including, but…
- § 3525 A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this chapter. However, such renewal does not entitle such holder, to practice…
- § 3526 A person who fails to renew their license or approval within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it may not be reissued, reinstated, or…
ARTICLE 5. Denial, Suspension and Revocation §§ 3527–3531 · 6 sections
- § 3527 (a) The board may order the denial of an application for, or the issuance subject to terms and conditions of, or the suspension or revocation of, or the…
- § 3527.5 (a) The board shall not suspend or revoke the license of a physician assistant solely for performing an abortion if the licensee performed the abortion in…
- § 3528 Any proceedings involving the denial, suspension, or revocation of the application for licensure or the license of a PA or the application for approval or the…
- § 3529 The board may hear any matters filed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 3527, or may assign the matter to a hearing officer. The Medical Board of…
- § 3530 (a) A person whose license or approval has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or…
- § 3531 A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge of a felony or of any offense that is substantially related to…
ARTICLE 6. Penalties §§ 3532–3533 · 2 sections
- § 3532 Any person who violates Section 3502, 3503, 3515, or 3516 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six…
- § 3533 Whenever any person has engaged in any act or practice which constitutes an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application of…
ARTICLE 6.5. Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants §§ 3534–3534.10 · 11 sections
- § 3534 It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate physician assistants whose competency is impaired due…
- § 3534.1 The board shall establish and administer a diversion program for the rehabilitation of physician assistants whose competency is impaired due to the abuse of…
- § 3534.2 (a) Any committee established by the board shall have at least three members. In making appointments to a committee the board shall consider the appointments…
- § 3534.3 Each committee has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) To evaluate physician assistants who request participation in the program and to make…
- § 3534.4 (a) Criteria for acceptance into the diversion program shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant shall be licensed as a physician assistant by the…
- § 3534.5 (a) A participant may be terminated from the program for any of the following reasons: (1) The participant has successfully completed the treatment program.…
- § 3534.6 In addition to the criteria and causes set forth in Section 3534.4, the board may set forth in its regulations additional criteria for admission to the program…
- § 3534.7 All board and committee records and records of proceedings and participation of a physician assistant in a program shall be confidential and are not subject to…
- § 3534.8 A fee may be charged for participation in the program.
- § 3534.9 If the board contracts with any other entity to carry out this section, the executive officer of the board or the program manager shall review the activities…
- § 3534.10 Participation in a diversion program shall not be a defense to any disciplinary action which may be taken by the board. This section does not preclude the…
ARTICLE 7. Osteopathic Physician Assistants § 3535 · 1 section
- § 3535 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, physicians and surgeons licensed by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California may use or employ physician…
ARTICLE 7.5. International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants §§ 3537.10–3537.50 · 9 sections
- § 3537.10 (a) Subject to the other provisions of this article, the Department of Health Care Access and Information, hereafter in this article referred to as the…
- § 3537.15 (a) Before establishing an ongoing international medical graduate physician assistant training program, the Department of Health Care Access and Information…
- § 3537.20 Any person who has satisfactorily completed the program established by this article shall be eligible for licensure by the board as a “physician assistant” if…
- § 3537.25 Both the pilot and the ongoing training program shall provide training at no cost to the participants in return for a written, enforceable agreement by the…
- § 3537.30 (a) The Legislature recognizes that the goal of this program would be compromised if participants do not observe their commitments under this program to…
- § 3537.35 The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall, in addition to other duties described in this article, do all of the following: (a) Determine those…
- § 3537.40 The Physician Assistant Training Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the purpose of receipt of funds collected pursuant to paragraph (2) of…
- § 3537.45 The program established pursuant to this article shall not be funded, directly or indirectly, from an increase in the fees charged to physician assistants…
- § 3537.50 No General Fund revenues shall be expended to carry out this article. The implementation of the pilot program and, if applicable, the permanent program…
ARTICLE 8. Physicians’ Assistants Corporations §§ 3540–3545 · 6 sections
- § 3540 A physician assistants corporation is a corporation which is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code,…
- § 3541 It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly…
- § 3542 A physician assistant corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct…
- § 3543 The name of a physician assistant corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services shall contain the words “physician…
- § 3544 Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of the Corporations Code, each shareholder, director and officer of a physician assistant corporation, except…
- § 3545 The income of a physician assistant corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in…