Physician Assistant Board

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• NEW: Health Professions Pathways Program Awards Announcement
  September 22, 2022

The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) announced the approval of $40.8 million in grant awards to 20 organizations that support and encourage students from underrepresented regions and backgrounds to pursue healthcare careers. The grant awards will be issued through the Health Professions Pathways Program, which focuses on students entering the fields of primary care, behavioral health, geriatrics, nursing, and oral and allied health. Read more. For the full list of awardees, click here.
September 22, 2022

• NEW: Updated CURES Access and Use Regulations
  September 12, 2022

Updated regulations pertaining to the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) became effective on August 15, 2022. The regulations revise and add to the CURES access and use regulations that took effect on July 1, 2020. The approved regulations and a bulletin summarizing the important and substantive changes can be found on the Office of the Attorney General’s CURES website.
September 12, 2022

• Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Licensure Data Collection FAQs (PDF)
  June 2, 2022
• Spring 2022 Newsletter (PDF)
  April 18, 2022
• CURES Optimization, New Requirements for Delegates, and First Login On/After April 11, 2022.
  April 7, 2022
• CURES Data Collection Vendor Change — Action Required by February 9, 2022
  January 21, 2022

The California Department of Justice (DOJ) recently awarded the contract for prescription data collection services for the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) to a new vendor. For information on how licensees of DCA boards are impacted by this change, please see the New Data Collection Vendor For CURES document (PDF) on the DOJ CURES webpage.
January 21, 2022

• 2021 Legislation Impacting the Physician Assistant Board
• AB 468 — Law Change Regarding Emotional Support Animals: What PAB Licensees Need to Know
• Message from Board President Armenta and Vice President Earley
• EDD Disability Insurance Scam
• Employment Development Department Moves to Block New Disability Insurance Fraudsters (PDF)
  
• EDD Disability Insurance Scam FAQs
• New Prescribing Laws Take Effect January 1, 2022

Licensees of the Physician Assistant Board with prescribing authority are subject to the e-prescribing requirements established by Assembly Bill (AB) 2789 (Wood, 2018). Beginning January 1, 2022, most prescriptions (including but not limited to prescriptions for controlled substances) issued by a licensed healthcare practitioner to a California pharmacy must be submitted electronically. For more information on this law and its requirements, please see the AB 2789 Bulletin (PDF). Practitioners also can get answers to questions about complying with the law at Electronic Data Transmission Prescriptions (E-Prescriptions) – Frequently Asked Questions provided by the California State Board of Pharmacy.

• Order Waiving License Reactivation or Restoration Requirements — EXTENDED (PDF)
• Orders Relating to Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Supervision (PDF)
• Order Waiving License Renewal Requirements (Division 2) (PDF)
• Order Waiving Restrictions On Healthcare Providers With Expired, Inactive Or Lapsed Licenses Ordering And Administering COVID-19 Vaccines In Association With State or Local Vaccination Efforts (PDF)
• Order Waiving Restrictions On Healthcare Students Administering COVID-19 Vaccines In Association With State or Local Vaccination Efforts (PDF)
• Order Waiving Restrictions On Licensed Midwives, Physician Assistants, Respiratory Care Practitioners, And Veterinarians Ordering And Administering COVID-19 Vaccines In Association With State or Local Vaccination Efforts (PDF)
• Guidance on Physician Assistant Supervision Requirements Waiver Under DCA Waiver-02-04 (PDF)

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