Trained, licensed, and committed to Californians’ health The next time you visit a health care provider you may see one of California’s nearly 14,000 physician assistants (P.A.). P.A.s provide high-quality health services to patients and to the community. These professionals are regulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs’ (DCA) Physician…
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Physician Assistant Supervision Requirements Waived to Help With COVID-19 Response
Exercising the authority under Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-39-20, the director of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) has waived physician assistant (PA) supervision requirements to allow physicians and surgeons to supervise more than four physician assistants at a time. “In order to allow physician assistants the flexibility to…
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Learning to Box May Help Knock Out Parkinson’s Disease
Some people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) have discovered an alternate form of therapy to improve their symptoms—boxing! Not the Ali or Tyson type of boxing—we’re talking about fitness boxing. Though not a cure for Parkinson’s, non-combat fitness boxing is being recognized by many in the medical community as an alternate…
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The California Physician Assistant Board (PAB) announces the appointment of Maureen Lynn Forsyth as its new Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2016. Read the news release here.