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Physician assistant board urges flexibility on supervision, cites workforce growth and asks for fee adjustments
Summary
The Physician Assistant Board reported a 22% growth in licensed PAs since its last review and urged consideration of changes to supervision ratios and practice agreements to expand access to care, particularly in rural areas; stakeholders and medical groups debated safety and oversight tradeoffs.
The Physician Assistant Board told the joint Assembly and Senate committees that California is home to roughly 18,200 physician assistants and that the profession has grown about 22 percent since the last sunset review. The board asked lawmakers to consider modest fee adjustments to sustain enforcement and licensing operations and highlighted state efforts to modernize PA practice law (SB 697).
Why it matters: PAs are widely used to expand access to primary and specialty care, especially in undersupplied regions. Rules governing written practice agreements and physician‑to‑PA supervision ratios influence hiring, workforce deployment and clinic…
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