§ 3544 Physician Assistant Corporation Licensing

Business and Professions Code·California

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•Only licensed people can be shareholders, directors, or officers in a physician assistant corporation.
•Assistant secretary and assistant treasurer roles are the only exceptions to this rule.
•This rule is part of the Corporations Code in California.

Example

A group of people wants to start a company to provide physician assistant services.

If someone in the group is not a licensed physician assistant, they cannot be a shareholder, director, or officer in the company, except for the roles of assistant secretary or assistant treasurer.

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§ 3544 Physician Assistant Corporation Licensing

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. (Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 26, Sec. 124. Effective March 30, 1994.)

Last verified: January 22, 2026

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corporation shareholder physician secretary license fine director effective march

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Business and Professions Code. Section 3544.

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