Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3517
Certification and Approval
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Current — January 1, 2021
As of January 1, 2011
The committee shall require a written examination of physician assistants in the manner and under the rules and regulations as it shall prescribe, but the examination shall be conducted in that manner as to ensure that the identity of each applicant taking the examination will be unknown to all of the examiners until all examination papers have been graded. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or by regulation, no physician assistant applicant shall receive approval under this chapter without first successfully passing an examination given under the direction of the committee.
(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 examination shall be conducted in that manner as to ensure that the identity of each applicant taking the examination will be unknown to all of the examiners until all examination papers have been graded. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or by regulation, no physician assistant applicant shall receive approval under this chapter without first successfully passing an examination given under the direction of the board.
Examinations for licensure as a physician assistant may be required by the committee under a uniform examination system, and for that purpose the committee may make those arrangements with organizations furnishing examination material as may, in its discretion, be desirable. The committee shall, however, establish a passing score for each examination. The licensure examination for physician assistants shall be held by the committee at least once a year with such additional examinations as the committee deems necessary. The time and place of examination shall be fixed by the committee.
(b) Examinations for licensure as a physician assistant may be required by the board under a uniform examination system, and for that purpose the board may make those arrangements with organizations furnishing examination material as may, in its discretion, be desirable. The licensure examination for physician assistants shall be held by the board at least once a year with such additional examinations as the board deems necessary.
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