California Business and Professions Code

§ 4502.3

BPC § 4502.3 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A psychiatric technician, when prescribed by a licensed physician and surgeon, may perform the following activities on a patient with a mental illness or developmental disability:

(1)Tuberculin, coccidioidin, and histoplasmin skin tests, providing the administration is within the course of a tuberculosis control program.

(2)Immunization techniques, providing the administration is upon the standing orders of a supervising licensed physician and surgeon or pursuant to written guidelines adopted by a hospital or medical group with whom the supervising licensed physician and surgeon is associated.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 632, Sec. 37. (AB 1536) Effective January 1, 2022.