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Business and Professions Code - BPC

DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500 - 4999.129]

  ( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399. )
  

CHAPTER 7.7. Physician Assistants [3500 - 3545]

  ( Heading of Chapter 7.7 amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 5. )
  

ARTICLE 2. Administration [3504 - 3512]
  ( Article 2 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 634. )

  
3504.1.  

Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Physician Assistant Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 332, Sec. 32. (SB 1236) Effective January 1, 2013.)