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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
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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
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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(a) A person whose license or approval has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, including modification or termination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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.4
(a) Criteria for acceptance into the diversion program shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant shall be licensed as a physician assistant by the board and shall be a resident of California. (2) The applicant shall be found to abuse dangerous drugs or alcoholic bever
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.5
(a) A participant may be terminated from the program for any of the following reasons: (1) The participant has successfully completed the treatment program. (2) The participant has failed to comply with the treatment program designated for them. (3) The participant fails to meet
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.6
In addition to the criteria and causes set forth in Section 3534.4, the board may set forth in its regulations additional criteria for admission to the program or causes for termination from the program.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.7
All board and committee records and records of proceedings and participation of a physician assistant in a program shall be confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.8
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.8
A fee may be charged for participation in the program.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.9
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3534.9
If the board contracts with any other entity to carry out this section, the executive officer of the board or the program manager shall review the activities and performance of the contractor on a biennial basis. As part of this review, the board shall review files of participant
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3535
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3535
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, physicians and surgeons licensed by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California may use or employ physician assistants provided (1) each physician assistant so used or employed is a graduate of an approved program and is licensed by
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.10
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.10
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this article, the Department of Health Care Access and Information, hereafter in this article referred to as the department, shall coordinate the establishment of an international medical graduate physician assistant training program, to be
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.15
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.15
(a) Before establishing an ongoing international medical graduate physician assistant training program, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall coordinate the establishment of a pilot program commencing September 1, 1994, or eight months after federal funds to
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.20
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.20
Any person who has satisfactorily completed the program established by this article shall be eligible for licensure by the board as a “physician assistant” if the person has complied with all of the following requirements: (a) Has successfully completed the written examination re
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.25
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.25
Both the pilot and the ongoing training program shall provide training at no cost to the participants in return for a written, enforceable agreement by the participants to, upon obtaining licensure under this article, serve a minimum of four years as a full-time physician assista
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.30
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.30
(a) The Legislature recognizes that the goal of this program would be compromised if participants do not observe their commitments under this program to provide the required service in a medically underserved area. The goal of this program would not be met if all that it accompli
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.35
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.35
The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall, in addition to other duties described in this article, do all of the following: (a) Determine those areas of the state that are medically underserved in that they have a higher percentage of medically underserved and ind
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.40
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3537.40
The Physician Assistant Training Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the purpose of receipt of funds collected pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 3537.30. The Physician Assistant Training Fund shall be available to the Department of Health Care A