Effective August 11, 2011, Physician Assistants (PA) are required to post a Notification to Consumers. The notification informs patients that the PA is licensed and regulated by the California Physician Assistant Committee.

Callers to CAP's Hotline have asked the following questions related to interactions with the coroner and we thought all of our readers would appreciate the answers

A new health care consumer protection law, requires that a health care practitioner communicate to a patient his or her name, license type, and highest level of academic degree

A person subject to the mandatory reporting obligation must report when, within the person's professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protects individuals with a disability, which is defined as an individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities