ARTICLE 6.5. Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants

Article 6.5 added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 385, Sec. 2.

§§ 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…