California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 2 — Healing Arts, Chapter 7.7 — Physician Assistants, Article 1 — General Provisions, Section 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 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.
Notes
Prohibits anyone who is not licensed to practice as a physician assistant from practicing as a physician assistant or in a similar capacity to a physician and surgeon or podiatrist. It also bars an unlicensed person from holding themselves out as a physician assistant or using any term indicating or implying that status.
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