Alerts

• Retired Status:
  
  Effective April 1, 2019, the Physician Assistant Board (Board) adopted Title 16, California Code of Regulations (CCR) section 1399.515, which allows a physician assistant to apply for the retired status.
  
  To be eligible for the retired status, an individual’s license must be in a current/active, current/inactive, or delinquent status. Licensees with a license status of canceled, suspended, revoked or otherwise punitively restricted by the Board or subject to disciplinary action under the Medical Practice Act (commencing with Section 2000 of the Code), Physician Assistant Practice Act (commencing with Section 3500 of the Code), are not permitted to apply for the retired status. Click here for additional Information.
• 2019 Modifications to California's Security Prescription Forms for Prescribing Controlled Substances
• AB 149 (Cooper) Transition Period for Prescription Form Requirements Effective March 11, 2019
• Statewide Prescription Opioid Misuse and Overdose Prevention
• The Physician Assistant Board has recently revised the following documents: Initial PA Application, PA5 – License Application Attestation, PA6 – Program Certification, PA7 – Verification of Licensure and PA8 – Birth Month Request. Beginning on February 15, 2019, the Physician Assistant Board will only accept these documents that indicate a 2019 revision date.
• The Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) was certified for statewide use by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on April 2, 2018. Therefore, the mandate to consult CURES prior to prescribing, ordering, administering, or furnishing a Schedule II–IV controlled substance becomes effective on October 2, 2018. For additional information, please click here