Any person who is licensed to practice as a physician assistant in this State shall have the right to use the title "physician assistant" and the abbreviation "P.A." and "PA-C." No other person may assume that title or use that abbreviation, or any other words, letters, signs, or devices to indicate that the person using them is a physician assistant. (Added 1981, No. 100, § 8; amended 1985, No. 208 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. June 30, 1986; 2011, No. 61, § 4, eff. June 2, 2011.)