Existing law authorizes a medical assistant to perform specified services relating to the administration of medication and performance of skin tests and simple routine medical tasks and procedures upon specific authorization from and under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon or podiatrist, or in a specified clinic upon specific authorization of a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse-midwife. Existing law requires the Board of Registered Nursing to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a qualifying applicant who is licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act.
California SB 352 (20132014) — Medical assistants: supervision.
Existing law authorizes a medical assistant to perform specified services relating to the administration of medication and performance of skin tests and simple routine medical tasks and procedures upon specific authorization from and under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon or podiatrist, or in a specified clinic upon specific authorization of a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse-midwife. Existing law requires the Board of Registered Nursing to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a qualifying applicant who is licensed pursuant to the Nursing Practice Act.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 352 Pavley Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 69–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 36–2 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB352 Pavley Concurrence — 36–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 9–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Pavley — primary (person)
Hernandez — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2013-03-21 Set for hearing April 8.
2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 464.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-04-11 Withdrawn from committee.
2013-04-11 Ordered to second reading.
2013-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 606.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-09 Referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. referral-committee
2013-06-19 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B.,P. & C.P. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2477.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 1946.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2013-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 286, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/00a07b87-4c84-4ebd-901b-c10f90955c52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).