California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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....
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 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...
- Section 3534.8.
A fee may be charged for participation in the program.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 385, Sec. 2.)
- Section 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...
- Section 3534.10.a.
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...
Last modified: October 22, 2018