{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-3503","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 3503","heading":"","body":"No person other than one who has been licensed to practice as a physician assistant shall practice as a physician assistant or in a similar capacity to a physician and surgeon or podiatrist or hold themselves out as a “physician assistant,” or shall use any other term indicating or implying that they are a physician assistant.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 7.7. Physician Assistants [3500. - 3545.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [3500. - 3503.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"a3980261b0583da4d4ae6fc96a8a79ed681b9d652aac8bf96f1e8eccf86038e6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-3502.5","next":"us-ca/bpc-3503.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}