{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-14111","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 14111","heading":"","body":"(a) As permitted by federal law or regulations, for health care services provided in a long-term health care facility that are reimbursed by Medicare, a physician and surgeon may delegate any of the following to a nurse practitioner:\n(1) Alternating visits required by federal law and regulations with a physician and surgeon.\n(2) Any duties consistent with federal law and regulations within the scope of practice of nurse practitioners, so long as all of the following conditions are met:\n(A) A physician and surgeon approves, in writing, the admission of the individual to the facility.\n(B) The medical care of each resident is supervised by a physician and surgeon.\n(C) A physician and surgeon performs the initial visit and alternate required visits.\n(b) This section does not authorize benefits not otherwise authorized by federal law or regulation.\n(c) All responsibilities delegated to a nurse practitioner pursuant to this section shall be performed under the supervision of the physician and surgeon and pursuant to a standardized procedure among the physician and surgeon, nurse practitioner, and facility.\n(d) No task that is required by federal law or regulation to be performed personally by a physician may be delegated to a nurse practitioner.\n(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the authority of a long-term health care facility to hire and employ nurse practitioners so long as that employment is consistent with federal law and within the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000. - 15771.]","CHAPTER 7. Basic Health Care [14000. - 14199.97.]","ARTICLE 3. Administration [14100. - 14124.16.]"],"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":"0d13ed2b69ce40d7e2c59e102247a914207eb130fc2f828c1d68a3a29a21e84f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-14110.9","next":"us-ca/wic-14111.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}