Business and Professions Code section 3503

No person other than one who has been licensed to practice as a physician assistant shall practice as a physician assistant or in a similar capacity to a physician and surgeon or podiatrist or hold themselves out as a “physician assistant,” or shall use any other term indicating or implying that they are a physician assistant.

Source: Section 3503, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=3503.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2025; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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