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Are medical assistants required to be licensed or certified by the State of California to perform procedures within their “scope of practice”?

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Are medical assistants required to be licensed or certified by the State of California to perform procedures within their “scope of practice”?

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No. Medical assistants are not licensed, certified, or registered by the State of California. However, the medical assistant’s employer and/or supervising physician’s or podiatrist’s malpractice insurance carrier may require that the medical assistant be certified by a national or private association. A medical assistant must be certified by one of the approved certifying organizations in order to train other medical assistants. (Title 16 CCR 1366.