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CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.1.

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 this article. The board may establish one or more diversion evaluation committees to assist it in carrying out its duties under this article. As used in this article, “committee” means a diversion evaluation committee. A committee created under this article operates under the direction of the diversion program manager, as designated by the executive officer of the board. The program manager has the primary responsibility to review and evaluate recommendations of the committee.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 67. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.2.

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 prior to their appointment or who are knowledgeable in the treatment and recovery of substance abuse. The board also shall consider the appointment of a physician and surgeon who is board certified in psychiatry.(b) Appointments to a committee shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of members appointed to the board. Each appointment shall be at the pleasure of the board for a term not to exceed four years. In its discretion, the board may stagger the terms of the initial members so appointed.(c) A majority of the members of a committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Any action requires an affirmative vote of a majority of those members present at a meeting constituting at least a quorum. Each committee shall elect from its membership a chairperson and a vice chairperson. Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating to public meetings, a committee may convene in closed session to consider matters relating to any physician assistant applying for or participating in a diversion program, and a meeting which will be convened entirely in closed session need not comply with Section 11125 of the Government Code. A committee shall only convene in closed session to the extent it is necessary to protect the privacy of an applicant or participant. Each member of a committee shall receive a per diem and shall be reimbursed for expenses as provided in Section 103.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 68. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.3.

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 professional consultants on the admission of applicants to the diversion program.(b) To review and designate treatment facilities to which physician assistants in the diversion program may be referred, and to make recommendations to the program manager.(c) The receipt and review of information concerning physician assistants participating in the program.(d) To call meetings as necessary to consider the requests of physician assistants to participate in the diversion program, to consider reports regarding participants in the program, and to consider any other matters referred to it by the board.(e) To consider whether each participant in the diversion program may with safety continue or resume the practice of medicine.(f) To set forth in writing the terms and conditions of the diversion agreement that is approved by the program manager for each physician assistant participating in the program, including treatment, supervision, and monitoring requirements.(g) To hold a general meeting at least twice a year, which shall be open and public, to evaluate the diversion program’s progress, to prepare reports to be submitted to the board, and to suggest proposals for changes in the diversion program.(h) For the purposes of Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of Title 1 of the Government Code, any member of a committee shall be considered a public employee. No board or committee member, contractor, or agent thereof, shall be liable for any civil damage because of acts or omissions which may occur while acting in good faith in a program established pursuant to this article.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 69. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.4.

3534.4.  Criteria for acceptance into the diversion program shall include all of the following: (a) the applicant shall be licensed as a physician assistant by the board and shall be a resident of California; (b) the applicant shall be found to abuse dangerous drugs or alcoholic beverages in a manner which may affect his or her ability to practice medicine safely or competently; (c) the applicant shall have voluntarily requested admission to the program or shall be accepted into the program in accordance with terms and conditions resulting from a disciplinary action; (d) the applicant shall agree to undertake any medical or psychiatric examination ordered to evaluate the applicant for participation in the program; (e) the applicant shall cooperate with the program by providing medical information, disclosure authorizations, and releases of liability as may be necessary for participation in the program; and (f) the applicant shall agree in writing to cooperate with all elements of the treatment program designed for him or her.An applicant may be denied participation in the program if the board, the program manager, or a committee determines that the applicant will not substantially benefit from participation in the program or that the applicant’s participation in the program creates too great a risk to the public health, safety, or welfare.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 70. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.5.

3534.5.  A participant may be terminated from the program for any of the following reasons: (a) the participant has successfully completed the treatment program; (b) the participant has failed to comply with the treatment program designated for him or her; (c) the participant fails to meet any of the criteria set forth in subdivision (d); or (d) it is determined that the participant has not substantially benefited from participation in the program or that his or her continued participation in the program creates too great a risk to the public health, safety, or welfare. Whenever an applicant is denied participation in the program or a participant is terminated from the program for any reason other than the successful completion of the program, and it is determined that the continued practice of medicine by that individual creates too great a risk to the public health and safety, that fact shall be reported to the executive officer of the board and all documents and information pertaining to and supporting that conclusion shall be provided to the executive officer. The matter may be referred for investigation and disciplinary action by the board. Each physician assistant who requests participation in a diversion program shall agree to cooperate with the recovery program designed for him or her. Any failure to comply with that program may result in termination of participation in the program.The board shall inform each participant in the program of the procedures followed in the program, of the rights and responsibilities of a physician assistant in the program, and the possible results of noncompliance with the program.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 71. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.6.

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.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 72. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.7.

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.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 73. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.8.

3534.8.  A fee may be charged for participation in the program.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 385, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.9.

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 participants in the program. However, the names of participants who entered the program voluntarily shall remain confidential, except when the review reveals misdiagnosis, case mismanagement, or noncompliance by the participant.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 74. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3534.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants|Section 3534.10.

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 under this section. That disciplinary action may not include as evidence any confidential information.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 75. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3535 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7 - Osteopathic Physician Assistants|Section 3535.

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 the board, and (2) the scope of practice of the physician assistant is the same as that which is approved by the Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California for physicians and surgeons supervising physician assistants in the same or similar specialty.(b) Any person who violates subdivision (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine.(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2001.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 76. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3537.10 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants|Section 3537.10.

3537.10.  (a) Subject to the other provisions of this article, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, hereafter in this article referred to as the office, shall coordinate the establishment of an international medical graduate physician assistant training program, to be conducted at an appropriate educational institution or institutions. The goal of the program shall be to place as many international medical graduate physician assistants in medically underserved areas as possible in order to provide greater access to care for the growing population of medically indigent and underserved. The method for accomplishing this goal shall be to train foreign medical graduates to become licensed as physician assistants at no cost to the participants in return for a commitment from the participants to serve full time in underserved areas for a four-year period.(b) By February 1, 1994, or one month after federal funds to implement this article become available, whichever occurs later, the office shall establish a training program advisory task force. The task force shall be comprised of representatives from all of the following groups:(1) Physician assistant program directors.(2) Foreign medical graduates.(3) The California Academy of Physician Assistants.(4) Nonprofit community health center directors.(5) Physicians.(6) The board, at the board’s option.The office may, instead, serve solely as a consultant to the task force.(c) The task force shall do all of the following:(1) Develop a recommended curriculum for the training program that shall be from 12 to 15 months in duration and shall, at a minimum, meet curriculum standards consistent with the board’s regulations. The program shall be subject to the board’s approval. By April 1, 1994, or three months after federal funds to implement this article become available, whichever occurs later, the curriculum shall be presented by the office to the Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation of the American Medical Association, or its successor organization, for approval.(2) Develop recommended admission criteria for participation in the pilot and ongoing program.(3) Assist in development of linkages with academic institutions for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating the pilot program.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 77. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3537.15 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants|Section 3537.15.

3537.15.  (a) Prior to establishment of an ongoing international medical graduate physician assistant training program, the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall coordinate the establishment of a pilot program commencing September 1, 1994, or eight months after federal funds to implement this article become available, whichever occurs later, to test the validity and effectiveness of the recommended training curriculum developed by the task force. The task force shall, with the advice and assistance of the academic institutions offering the pilot program curriculum, and subject to their approval, select 10 international medical graduates to participate in the pilot program.(b) After two classes have graduated from the pilot program, the task force, with the advice and assistance of the academic institutions, shall evaluate the results of the pilot program, to determine whether a permanent program should be established. The office may modify curriculum as needed and make appropriate revisions in order to ensure program integrity and compliance with established standards. Any permanent international medical graduate physician assistant training program shall commence at the beginning of the year following the completion of the evaluation.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1042, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3537.20 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants|Section 3537.20.

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 required under Section 3517.(b) Has successfully completed the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 78. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3537.25 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants|Section 3537.25.

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 assistant in an area of California designated by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development as a medically underserved area pursuant to Section 3537.35.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1042, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3537.30 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants|Section 3537.30.

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 accomplished was merely to license physician assistants that served populations that are not medically underserved.(b) Since damages would be difficult or impossible to ascertain in the event of default by the participant, this section shall set forth the extent of liquidated damages that shall be recoverable by the program in the case of default.(c) In the case of default by a participant who has successfully completed the program and has obtained licensure under this article, the program shall collect the following damages from the participant:(1) The total cost expended by the program for the training of the applicant, and interest thereon from the date of default.(2) The total amount needed for the program to seek cover as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 3537.35.(3) The costs of enforcement, including, but not limited to, the costs of collecting the liquidated damages, the costs of litigation, and attorney’s fees.(d) The Attorney General may represent the office, or the board, or both in any litigation necessitated by this article, or, if the Attorney General declines, the office, or the board, or both may hire other counsel for this purpose.(e) Funds collected pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be allocated as follows:(1) Costs of training recovered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) shall be allocated to the office to be used upon appropriation for the continuing training program pursuant to this article.(2) Costs of seeking cover recovered pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) shall be deposited in the Physician Assistant Training Fund established pursuant to Section 3537.40 for the purposes of providing grants pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 3537.35.(3) Costs of enforcement recovered pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) shall be allocated between the office, and the Attorney General, or other counsel, according to actual costs.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 79. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3537.35 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants|Section 3537.35.

3537.35.  The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development 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 indigent persons and would benefit from the services of additional persons licensed as physician assistants.(b) Determine the total cost of seeking cover as specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 3537.30. To determine the cost, the office shall study the market forces that are at work creating the scarcity of these physician assistants in these medically underserved areas, and determine the annual level of additional funding that would be required by a health facility, clinic, or other health care provider in those areas to motivate a physician assistant to serve full-time in those underserved areas. This amount shall be calculated so that when added to the prevailing rate for these services in the underserved area, would make these positions so attractive that physician assistants would be motivated to serve in those areas. This amount, which shall equal the cost to the office to place a qualified physician assistant in the underserved area, times four years shall be the total cost of seeking cover.(c) Provide grants, as funds become available in the Physician Assistant Training Fund, to applicant health care providers that provide services in medically underserved areas for the purpose of funding additional full-time physician assistant positions in those areas to provide services in lieu of defaulting physician assistants. Participating providers shall use these grants to attract physician assistants that are from outside the area and shall demonstrate that the grant actually increases the number of physician assistants serving the underserved population. The grantee shall demonstrate that the grant did not merely shift a physician assistant from one medically underserved area to another, but rather, resulted in a net increase in the number of physician assistants serving the underserved population as a whole. Licensees under this article shall not directly or indirectly receive grants under this section.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1042, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 3537.40 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 7.7 - Physician Assistants|ARTICLE 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants|Section 3537.40.

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 Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for the purpose of providing grants pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 3537.35, upon appropriation by the Legislature.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1042, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1994.)