{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-14132.966","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 14132.966","heading":"","body":"(a) Services provided by a physician assistant are a covered benefit under this chapter to the extent authorized by federal law and subject to utilization controls.\n(b) Subject to subdivision (a), all services performed by a physician assistant within his or her scope of practice that would be a covered benefit if performed by a physician and surgeon shall be a covered benefit under this chapter.\n(c) The department shall not impose chart review, countersignature, or other conditions of coverage or payment on a physician and surgeon supervising physician assistants that are more stringent than requirements imposed by Chapter 7.7 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code or regulations of the Medical Board of California promulgated under that chapter.","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 4. The Medi-Cal Benefits Program [14131. - 14138.]"],"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":"b98c204ad54929f88e8e2eb1396e4e561f82d0f53f65437bd3577f880ad6114a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-14132.96","next":"us-ca/wic-14132.968"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}