Physician AssistantsPhysicians’ Assistants Corporations

Section § 3540

Explanation

This section explains that a physician assistants corporation is a type of company that can offer professional services through certified physician assistants. The corporation and everyone involved, like its shareholders and employees, must follow specific rules in the Moscone-Knox Act and other related laws. The board mentioned here is the governmental agency overseeing these corporations.

A physician assistants corporation is a corporation which is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional services who are certified physician assistants are in compliance with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, the provisions of this article, and all other statutes and regulations now or hereafter enacted or adopted pertaining to the corporation and the conduct of its affairs.
With respect to a physician assistants corporation, the governmental agency referred to in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code is the board.
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Section § 3541

Explanation

This law states that it's considered unprofessional behavior for a licensed person to break or try to break any rules of this chapter, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or related regulations, whether directly or indirectly. Helping or planning with others to break these rules is also prohibited.

It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, or assist in or abet the violation of, or conspire to violate any provision or term of this article, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or any regulations duly adopted under those laws.
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Section § 3542

Explanation

This law says that a physician assistant corporation must follow the same professional conduct standards required of individual licensed physician assistants. They can't do anything considered unprofessional or skip things they're supposed to do, based on current or future laws and rules.

A physician assistant corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute or regulation, now or hereafter in effect. In the conduct of its practice, it shall observe and be bound by these statutes and regulations to the same extent as a person holding a license under this chapter.
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Section § 3543

Explanation

This law requires that any business name of a physician assistant corporation must include the words "physician assistant" and something that indicates it's a corporation, like "Inc." or "Corp."

The name of a physician assistant corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services shall contain the words “physician assistant,” and wording or abbreviations denoting corporate existence.
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Section § 3544

Explanation

In a physician assistant corporation, almost everyone involved—like shareholders, directors, and officers—must be licensed, except for roles like assistant secretary and treasurer. There are some exceptions noted in other sections of the Corporations Code.

Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of the Corporations Code, each shareholder, director and officer of a physician assistant corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, shall be a licensed person as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code.
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Section § 3545

Explanation
If a person who owns shares in a physician assistant corporation becomes disqualified from performing professional services (meaning they can't legally practice for some reason), then any income from those services they performed will not go to them or increase the value of their shares.
The income of a physician assistant corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of the shareholder or their shares in the physician assistant corporation.
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