Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine by the Medical Board of California. The act authorizes a medical assistant to administer medication only by intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections and to perform skin tests and additional technical supportive services upon the specific authorization and supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Existing law defines the term "technical supportive services" to mean simple routine medical tasks and procedures that may be safely performed by a medical assistant who has limited training and who functions under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, prohibits a prescriber, as defined, from dispensing drugs to patients in his or her office unless specified conditions are satisfied, and authorizes a certified nurse-midwife, a nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, or a naturopathic doctor who functions pursuant to a specified protocol or procedure to hand to a patient of his or her supervising physician a properly labeled and prepackaged prescription drug. Existing law authorizes specified facilities licensed by the California State Board of Pharmacy to purchase drugs at wholesale for administration or dispensing, under the direction of a physician and surgeon, to patients registered for care at those facilities.
California AB 1841 (20132014) — Medical assistants.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine by the Medical Board of California. The act authorizes a medical assistant to administer medication only by intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections and to perform skin tests and additional technical supportive services upon the specific authorization and supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Existing law defines the term "technical supportive services" to mean simple routine medical tasks and procedures that may be safely performed by a medical assistant who has limited training and who functions under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, prohibits a prescriber, as defined, from dispensing drugs to patients in his or her office unless specified conditions are satisfied, and authorizes a certified nurse-midwife, a nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, or a naturopathic doctor who functions pursuant to a specified protocol or procedure to hand to a patient of his or her supervising physician a properly labeled and prepackaged prescription drug. Existing law authorizes specified facilities licensed by the California State Board of Pharmacy to purchase drugs at wholesale for administration or dispensing, under the direction of a physician and surgeon, to patients registered for care at those facilities.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2014-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2014-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2014-02-27 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2014-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2014-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4993.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2014-05-28 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2014-06-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2014-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2014-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4414.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-18 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6084.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2014-09-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2014.
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e5f8524-64f3-4571-86ec-c8de5d09861a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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