About the Physician Assistant Committee

Welcome to the Physician Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California

The Physician Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California serves and protects consumers of California through licensing, approving physician assistant training programs, and enforcement of the laws governing the Physician Assistant Practice Act.

Physician Assistants are highly skilled professions who, under the supervision of a physician and surgeon, provide patient services ranging from primary medicine to very specialized surgical care.

Members:

The Committee consists of 9 members; 1 physician member from the Medical Board of California; 4 licensed physician assistants and 4 public members. The Governor appoints the 4 physician assistant members and 2 public members. The Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Rules Committee each appoint 1 public member. All Committee members serve 4-year terms and may be reappointed.

Names of Members	Appointment	Term Exp.
Rosslynn Byous, PA Licensee (G) c/o Physician Assistant Committee 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95815	Governor	1/1/2011
A. Cristina Gomez-Vidal Diaz, Public Member (S) c/o Physician Assistant Committee 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95815	Senate	1/1/2011
Steven Klompus, Vice Chair, PA Licensee (G) c/o Physician Assistant Committee 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95815	Governor	1/1/2012
Reginald Low, M.D., Physician Member (G) c/o Physician Assistant Committee 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95815	Governor	1/1/2012
Robert E. Sachs, Chairman, PA Licensee (G) c/o Physician Assistant Committee 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95815	Governor	1/1/2008
Shaquawn D. Schasa, Public Member (G) c/o Physician Assistant Committee 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95815	Governor	1/1/2012
Shelia Young, Public Member (G) c/o Physician Assistant Committee 2005 Evergreen Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95815	Governor	1/1/2011

Mission Statement

To protect consumers and increase access to health care we:

1. License and regulate physician assistants.
2. Vigorously and objectively enforce laws and regulations relating to physician
   assistant practice.
3. Encourage utilization of physician assistants in medically underserved areas.
4. Seek ways and means to rehabilitate drug or alcohol impaired physician assistants.
5. Encourage development of new physician assistant training programs and expansion of existing programs.

Vision Statement

The vision of the Physician Assistant Committee is to assure that health care needs for all persons are met in a compassionate, competent, and culturally sensitive manner.

Physician Assistants can better contribute to this outcome as they are increasingly recognized as quality providers and as their utilization is expanded.

Funding

The Committee is supported entirely by fees imposed upon the professional community it regulates and received no reimbursement from taxpayers or from the General Fund.