Sections
13 entriesSection 3500Establishes legislative intent and purposes only for a physician-assistant framework addressing California’s shortage and geographic maldistribution of health-care services. The stated purposes…Section 3500.5Establishes Physician Assistant Practice Act as the name by which the chapter shall be known and cited. The provision assigns that name…Section 3501Defines key chapter terms, including Board, approved program, trainee, physician assistant, supervising physician, supervision, routine visual screening, organized health care system, practice…Section 3502Allows a physician assistant to perform authorized medical services when competent, trained, supervised by an eligible physician, and under a compliant practice…Section 3502.1Allows a physician assistant to furnish/order drugs/devices under a practice agreement and physician supervision without physical presence. Schedule II–V generally require practice-agreement…Section 3502.1.5Allows a physician assistant to administer, provide, or transmit an order for buprenorphine while complying with the cited federal requirements. The PA…Section 3502.2Allows a physician assistant, while complying with the chapter, to perform physical examinations and other specified medical services required by the listed…Section 3502.3Requires a physician-assistant practice agreement to specify authorized services, supervision procedures, competency evaluation, drug or device authority, agreed additions, and signatures from…Section 3502.35Establishes legislative intent for a stakeholder-informed review of physician-assistant practice-agreement structures, including their use in other states and possible effects on patient…Section 3502.4Requires a physician assistant to complete clinical and didactic training and demonstrate competency before receiving authority to perform aspiration abortion. Once trained,…Section 3502.5Allows a physician assistant during a qualifying health emergency to perform authorized services when the approved supervising physician is unavailable, if another…Section 3503Prohibits anyone who is not licensed to practice as a physician assistant from practicing as a physician assistant or in a similar…Section 3503.5Exempts a chapter licensee from civil damages for good-faith emergency care rendered at an emergency scene outside both the place and course…