Corpus browser
163223 records-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3519
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3519
The board shall issue a license to all physician assistant applicants who meet all of the following requirements: (a) Provide evidence of successful completion of an approved program. (b) Pass any examination required under Section 3517. (c) Not be subject to denial of licensure
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3519.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3519.5
(a) The board may issue a probationary license to an applicant subject to terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, any of the following conditions of probation: (1) Practice limited to a supervised, structured environment where the applicant’s activities shall be supe
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3520
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3520
Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month, the board shall report to the Controller the amount and source of all collections made under this chapter and at the same time pay all those sums into the State Treasury, where they shall be credited to the Physician Assi
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3521.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3521.1
The fees to be paid by physician assistants are to be set by the board as follows: (a) An application fee charged to each physician assistant applicant shall be sixty dollars ($60) and may be increased to not more than eighty dollars ($80). (b) An initial license fee charged to e
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3521.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3521.3
(a) The board may establish, by regulation, a system for the placement of a license on a retired status, upon application, for a physician assistant who is not actively engaged in practice as a physician assistant or any activity that requires them to be licensed by the board. (b
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3523
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3523
All physician assistant licenses shall expire at 12 midnight of the last day of the birth month of the licensee during the second year of a two-year term if not renewed. The board shall establish by regulation procedures for the administration of a birthdate renewal program, incl
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524
A license or approval that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and payment of all accrued and unpaid renewal fees. If the license or approval is not renewed within 30
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524.5
(a) The board may require a licensee to complete continuing education as a condition of license renewal under Section 3523 or 3524. The board shall not require more than 50 hours of continuing education every two years. The board shall, as it deems appropriate, accept certificati
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524.6
A physician assistant who provides primary care to a patient population of which over 25 percent are 65 years of age or older shall complete at least 20 percent of all mandatory continuing education hours in a course in the field of geriatric medicine, the special care needs of p
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3524.7
In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in infection-associated chronic conditions, including, but not limited to, long COVID, as defined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, myalgic encephalomyeli
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3525
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3525
A suspended license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this chapter. However, such renewal does not entitle such holder, to practice or otherwise violate the order or judgment by which the license was suspended. A revoked license is subject to expiration
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3526
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3526
A person who fails to renew their license or approval within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it may not be reissued, reinstated, or restored after that time has elapsed, but that person may apply for and obtain a new license or approval if they: (a) Have not
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3527
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3527
(a) The board may order the denial of an application for, or the issuance subject to terms and conditions of, or the suspension or revocation of, or the imposition of probationary conditions upon a PA license after a hearing as required in Section 3528 for unprofessional conduct
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3527.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3527.5
(a) The board shall not suspend or revoke the license of a physician assistant solely for performing an abortion if the licensee performed the abortion in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the Reproductive Privacy Act (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 123460)
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3528
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3528
Any proceedings involving the denial, suspension, or revocation of the application for licensure or the license of a PA or the application for approval or the approval of an approved program under this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Secti
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3529
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3529
The board may hear any matters filed pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 3527, or may assign the matter to a hearing officer. The Medical Board of California may hear any matters filed pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 3527, or may assign the matter to a hearing
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3530
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3530
(a) A person whose license or approval has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, including modification or termination of probation, after a period of not less than the following minimu
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3531
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3531
A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere made to a charge of a felony or of any offense that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of the business or profession to which the license was issued is deemed to be a
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3532
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3532
Any person who violates Section 3502, 3503, 3515, or 3516 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both.
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3533
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3533
Whenever any person has engaged in any act or practice which constitutes an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application of the board, may issue an injunction or other appropriate order restraining such conduct. Proceedings under this section sha
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534
It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate physician assistants whose competency is impaired due to abuse of dangerous drugs or alcohol so that they may be treated and returned to the practice of medicine in a manner
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.1
The board shall establish and administer a diversion program for the rehabilitation of physician assistants whose competency is impaired due to the abuse of drugs or alcohol. The board may contract with any other state agency or a private organization to perform its duties under
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.10
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.10
Participation in a diversion program shall not be a defense to any disciplinary action which may be taken by the board. This section does not preclude the board from commencing disciplinary action against a physician assistant who is terminated unsuccessfully from the program und
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.2
(a) Any committee established by the board shall have at least three members. In making appointments to a committee the board shall consider the appointments of persons who are either recovering of substance abuse and have been free from abuse for at least three years immediately
-
Open
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.3
Each committee has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) To evaluate physician assistants who request participation in the program and to make recommendations to the program manager. In making recommendations, a committee shall consider any recommendations from professio