AB 489 \u2014 AI as decision-support, not clinician
California Health & Safety Code \u00a72290.5
AB 489 prohibits an artificial intelligence or generative AI system from holding itself out — explicitly or implicitly — as a licensed health professional. ChironAI is engineered as decision support. Every output passes through a must-review-before-final gate before it becomes part of a clinical chart.
Operationally: the AI is never framed as a credentialed clinician. The persona language across our prompt suite explicitly identifies Chiron as a "Digital Employee, ChironAI" — not a doctor, not an MD, not a radiologist. The forbidden-vocabulary list in our prompt substrate prevents drift, regression-guarded by an automated compliance test. Every AI artifact in the product UI carries the must-review-before-final banner. Every PDF report carries the same disclosure in its footer.
The licensed clinician retains final authority over diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing decisions, at every step.