§ 3516

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 194, Sec. 15. (AB 1501) Effective January 1, 2026.
(a)Notwithstanding any other 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 eight 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.

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