California Business and Professions Code 3535 – (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, physicians and …
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, physicians and surgeons licensed by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California may use or employ physician assistants provided (1) each physician assistant so used or employed is a graduate of an approved program and is licensed by the board, and (2) the scope of practice of the physician assistant is the same as that which is approved by the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California for physicians and surgeons supervising physician assistants in the same or similar specialty.
(b) Any person who violates subdivision (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 3535
- Approved program: means a program for the education of physician assistants that has been formally approved by the board. See California Business and Professions Code 3501
- Board: means the Physician Assistant Board. See California Business and Professions Code 3501
- County: includes city and county. See California Business and Professions Code 17
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs, unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Business and Professions Code 15
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2001.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 76. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)