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DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.129›CHAPTER 7.7. Physician Assistants 3500-3546›ARTICLE 3. Certification and Approval 3513-3519.5

§ 3516

California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician assistant licensed by the board shall be eligible for employment or supervision by a physician and surgeon who is not subject to a disciplinary condition imposed by the Medical Board of California prohibiting that employment or supervision.

(b) Except as provided in Section 3502.5, a physician and surgeon shall not supervise more than four physician assistants at any one time.

(c) The Medical Board of California may restrict a physician and surgeon to supervising specific types of physician assistants including, but not limited to, restricting a physician and surgeon from supervising physician assistants outside of the field of specialty of the physician and surgeon.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 707, Sec. 7. (SB 697) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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