Statute · California Welfare and Institutions Code
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14254 — Definitions
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14254
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Welfare and Institutions Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2014-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) “Primary care physician” is a physician who has the responsibility for providing initial and primary care to patients, for maintaining the continuity of patient care, and for initiating referral for specialist care. A primary care physician shall be either a physician who has limited his or…
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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14254 — Definitions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) “Primary care physician” is a physician who has the responsibility for providing initial and primary care to patients, for maintaining the continuity of patient care, and for initiating referral for specialist care. A primary care physician shall be either a physician who has limited his or her practice of medicine to general practice or who is a board-certified or board-eligible internist, pediatrician, obstetrician-gynecologist, or family practitioner.
(b) A nonphysician medical practitioner, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 14088, who is supervised by a primary care physician, has the responsibility for providing initial and primary care to patients, for maintaining the continuity of patient care, and for initiating referral for specialist care.