Physician Assistant Practice Act
California · BPC · §§ 3500 to 3545 · 76 sections
Overview
This act establishes the licensing and regulation of physician assistants, setting the qualifications a person must meet to be licensed, providing for licensure by endorsement, renewal, inactive status, and restoration, and requiring continuing education. It gives the state's licensing department authority to administer the act — setting fees, maintaining a roster of licensees and of those whose licenses have been suspended or revoked, and working with an advisory committee or board. It also sets out grounds for discipline and the enforcement process, including investigations, hearings before a hearing officer, subpoena power, administrative review of the resulting decisions, and penalties for unlicensed practice.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 2 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 12 Cal. 5th 848 - Lopez v. Ledesma
Sections covered
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3500General Provisions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3500.5General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3501General Provisions1 cite
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502.1General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502.1.5General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502.2General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502.3General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502.35General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502.4General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3502.5General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3503General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3503.5General Provisions
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3504Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3504.1Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3504.2Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3505Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3506Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3507Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3508Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3509Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3509.5Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3510Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3511Administration
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3513Certification and Approval
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3514.1Certification and Approval
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3516Certification and Approval
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3517Certification and Approval
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3518Certification and Approval
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3519Certification and Approval
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3519.5Certification and Approval
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3520Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3521.1Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3521.3Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3523Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3524Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3524.5Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3524.6Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3524.7Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3525Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3526Revenue
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3527Denial, Suspension and Revocation
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3527.5Denial, Suspension and Revocation
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3528Denial, Suspension and Revocation
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3529Denial, Suspension and Revocation
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3530Denial, Suspension and Revocation
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3531Denial, Suspension and Revocation
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3532Penalties
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3533Penalties
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.1Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.10Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.2Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.3Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.4Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.5Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.6Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.7Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.8Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3534.9Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3535Osteopathic Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.10International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.15International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.20International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.25International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.30International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.35International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.40International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.45International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3537.50International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3540Physicians’ Assistants Corporations
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3541Physicians’ Assistants Corporations
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3542Physicians’ Assistants Corporations
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3543Physicians’ Assistants Corporations
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3544Physicians’ Assistants Corporations
- Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 3545Physicians’ Assistants Corporations
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