California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC |
Division 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES |
Part 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE |
Chapter 7. Basic Health Care |
ARTICLE 4. The Medi-Cal Benefits Program |
Section 14132.966.
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(a) Services provided by a physician assistant are a covered benefit under this chapter to the extent authorized by federal law and subject to utilization controls.
(b) Subject to subdivision (a), all services performed by a physician assistant within his or her scope of practice that would be a covered benefit if performed by a physician and surgeon shall be a covered benefit under this chapter.
(c) The department shall not impose chart review, countersignature, or other conditions of coverage or payment on a physician and surgeon supervising physician assistants that are more stringent than requirements imposed by Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code or regulations of the Medical Board of California promulgated under that chapter.