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CA Bus & Prof Code § 2406 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2406.

2406.  A medical corporation or podiatry corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional services who are physicians and surgeons, psychologists, registered nurses, optometrists, podiatrists, chiropractors, acupuncturists, naturopathic doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, or, in the case of a medical corporation only, physician assistants, marriage and family therapists, clinical counselors, or clinical social workers, are in compliance with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, the provisions of this article, and all other statutes and regulations now or hereafter enacted or adopted pertaining to the corporation and the conduct of its affairs.With respect to a medical corporation or podiatry corporation, the governmental agency referred to in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act is the board.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 620, Sec. 2. (AB 1000) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2406.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2406.5.

2406.5.  (a) When a physician and surgeon, podiatrist, or other referring practitioner refers a patient to receive services by a physical therapist employed by a professional corporation as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, the referring practitioner shall comply with Article 6 (commencing with Section 650) of Chapter 1, and shall provide notice of the following to the patient, orally and in writing, in at least 14-point type and signed by the patient:(1) That the patient may seek physical therapy treatment services from a physical therapy provider of his or her choice who may not necessarily be employed by the medical or podiatry corporation.(2) If the patient chooses to be treated by an employed physical therapist, any financial interest the referring practitioner has in the corporation.(b) This section shall not apply to a physician and surgeon, podiatrist, or other referring practitioner who is in a medical group with which a health care service plan, that is licensed pursuant to the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code) and is also exempt from federal taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, exclusively contracts to provide professional medical services for its enrollees.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 620, Sec. 3. (AB 1000) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2407 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2407.

2407.  A medical or podiatry corporation shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 2285 and 2415.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1314, Sec. 4.2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2408 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2408.

2408.  Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of the Corporations Code, each shareholder, director and officer of a medical or podiatry corporation, except an assistant secretary or an assistant treasurer, shall be a licensed person as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code.Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or Sections 13401.5, 13403, 13406, and 13407 of the Corporations Code, a shareholder of a medical corporation which renders professional services may be a medical corporation which has only one shareholder who shall be a licensed person as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code. The shareholder of the latter corporation may be an officer or director of the former corporation.Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a nonlicensed person from using the business titles of executive vice president, chief executive officer, executive secretary, or any other title denoting an administrative function within the professional corporation.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 505, Sec. 1.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2409 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2409.

2409.  The income of a medical and podiatry corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of such shareholder or his or her shares in such a professional corporation.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1314, Sec. 4.4.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2410 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2410.

2410.  A medical or podiatry corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute or regulation now or hereafter in effect. In the conduct of its practice, it shall observe and be bound by such statutes and regulations to the same extent as a licensee under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1314, Sec. 4.5.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2411 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2411.

2411.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the offering and operation by a medical corporation of a health care service plan licensed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code is hereby authorized. For such purpose a medical corporation may employ, or enter into contracts or other arrangements with, any person or persons authorized to practice any of the healing arts, but no such employment, contract, or arrangement shall provide for the rendering, supervision, or control of professional services other than as authorized by law.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1314, Sec. 4.6.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2412 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2412.

2412.  The Division of Licensing may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article and the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act including regulations requiring (a) that the bylaws of a medical or podiatry corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of such corporation owned by a disqualified person (as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code), or a deceased person, shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of such corporation within such time as such regulations may provide, and (b) that a medical or podiatry corporation shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its patients arising out of the rendering of professional services.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1314, Sec. 4.7.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2413 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2413.

2413.  This article shall apply to medical corporations which have physicians and surgeons licensed by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California as shareholders, officers, and directors only to the extent that this article is not in conflict with or inconsistent with Section 2454.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 359, Sec. 16.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2416 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2416.

2416.  Physicians and surgeons and doctors of podiatric medicine may conduct their professional practices in a partnership or group of physician and surgeons or a partnership or group of doctors of podiatric medicine, respectively. Physician and surgeons and doctors of podiatric medicine may establish a professional partnership that includes both physician and surgeons and doctors of podiatric medicine, if both of the following conditions are satisfied:(a) A majority of the partners and partnership interests in the professional partnership are physician and surgeons or osteopathic physician and surgeons.(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 15001) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, a partner who is not a physician and surgeon shall not practice in the partnership or vote on partnership matters related to the practice of medicine that are outside his or her scope of practice. All partners may vote on general administrative, management, and business matters.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 588, Sec. 31. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2417 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2417.

2417.  (a) If the Department of Insurance has evidence that a business is being operated in violation of this chapter, Part 4 (commencing with Section 13400) of Division 3 of the Corporations Code, or Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1200) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, and that the business may be in violation of Section 1871.4 of the Insurance Code or Section 549 or 550 of the Penal Code, then the department shall report the business, and any physician and surgeon suspected of knowingly providing medical services for that business relative to a violation of Section 1871.4 of the Insurance Code or Section 549 or 550 of the Penal Code, to the appropriate regulatory agency. Upon receiving a report from the Department of Insurance of a suspected violation, the regulatory agency shall conduct an investigation. The requirement in subdivision (a) of Section 1872.95 of the Insurance Code for investigations to be conducted within existing resources does not apply to investigations required by this section. The Department of Insurance may consult with the appropriate regulatory department or agency prior to making its report to that department or agency, and this consultation shall not be deemed to require the department or agency to conduct an investigation.(b) A physician and surgeon who practices medicine with a business organization knowing that it is owned or operated in violation of Section 1871.4 of the Insurance Code, Section 14107 or 14107.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or Section 549 or 550 of the Penal Code shall have his or her license to practice permanently revoked.(Repealed and added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 328, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2417.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 18 - Corporations|Section 2417.5.

2417.5.  (a) A business organization that offers to provide, or provides, outpatient elective cosmetic medical procedures or treatments, that is owned or operated in violation of Section 2400, and that contracts with, or otherwise employs, a physician and surgeon to facilitate its offers to provide, or the provision of, outpatient elective cosmetic medical procedures or treatments that may be provided only by the holder of a valid physician’s and surgeon’s certificate is guilty of violating paragraph (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 550 of the Penal Code.(b) For purposes of this section, “outpatient elective cosmetic medical procedures or treatments” means medical procedures or treatments that are performed to alter or reshape normal structures of the body solely in order to improve appearance.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or apply to arrangements currently authorized by law, including, but not limited to, any entity operating a medical facility or other business authorized to provide medical services under Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 140, Sec. 2. (AB 1548) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2421 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2421.

2421.  As used in this article, the terms:(a) “License” includes “certificate,” “permit,” and “registration.”(b) “Licensee” includes the holder of a license.(c) “Licensing authority” means the board, which has jurisdiction over a particular licensee.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 78. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2423 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2423.

2423.  (a) All physician and surgeon’s certificates, and certificates to practice midwifery, research psychoanalyst registrations, polysomnographic trainee, technician, and technologist registrations, and fictitious-name permits shall expire at 12 midnight on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during the second year of a two-year term commencing from the date of issuance beginning July 1, 2018.(b) To renew an unexpired license, the licensee shall, on or before the dates on which it would otherwise expire, apply for renewal on a form prescribed by the licensing authority and pay the prescribed renewal fee.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 80. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2424 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2424.

2424.  Notwithstanding Section 163.5, any licensee of the board or the California Board of Podiatric Medicine who does not renew the licensee’s expired license within 30 days of its date of expiration shall pay all the following fees:(a) The renewal fee in effect at the time of renewal.(b) A penalty fee equal to 50 percent of the renewal fee.(c) The delinquency fee required by Section 2435 or 2499.5, as the case may be.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 649, Sec. 21. (SB 806) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2425 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2425.

2425.  (a) The Division of Licensing may prepare and mail to every licensed physician at the time of license renewal a questionnaire containing any questions as are necessary to establish that the physician currently has no mental, physical, emotional, or behavioral disorder that would impair the physician’s ability to practice medicine safely.(b) Each licensed physician shall complete, sign, and return the questionnaire to the Division of Licensing as a condition of renewing his or her license.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 279, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2425.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2425.1.

2425.1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Currently, California is experiencing an access to health care crisis that, in large measure, is the result of medical group insolvency, health facility closures, low or no reimbursement rates, and an increasing number of uninsured.(b) Adding to the access to health care crisis is a state population that is growing in cultural and linguistic diversity as well as in absolute numbers.(c) On paper, California appears to have an adequate number of physicians in most areas of the state. California, however, does not have data indicating the cultural and linguistic background of licensed physicians, how many physicians are actively practicing medicine, how many physicians are practicing part time, how many physicians have retired from practice, or how many physicians have moved into administrative positions and no longer treat patients.(d) In order to fully understand and cope with California’s access to health care crisis, it is necessary to collect data concerning the status and scope of practice of California’s licensed physicians as well as his or her cultural and linguistic background.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 509, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2425.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2425.3.

2425.3.  (a) A licensed physician and surgeon shall report to the board, immediately upon issuance of an initial license and at the time of license renewal, any specialty board certification he or she holds that is issued by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or approved by the Medical Board of California.(b) A licensed physician and surgeon shall also report to the board, immediately upon issuance of an initial license and at the time of license renewal, his or her practice status, designated as one of the following:(1) Full-time practice in California.(2) Full-time practice outside of California.(3) Part-time practice in California.(4) Medical administrative employment that does not include direct patient care.(5) Retired.(6) Other practice status, as may be further defined by the board.(c) (1) A licensed physician and surgeon shall report to the board, immediately upon issuance of an initial license and at the time of license renewal, and the board shall collect, information regarding his or her cultural background and foreign language proficiency. The board shall provide an option for a licensed physician and surgeon to decline to state in the report his or her cultural background and foreign language proficiency.(2) Information collected pursuant to this subdivision shall be aggregated on an annual basis based on categories utilized by the board in the collection of the data, and shall be aggregated into both statewide totals and ZIP code of primary practice location totals.(3) Aggregated information under this subdivision shall be compiled annually and reported on the board’s Internet Web site on or before October 1 of each year.(d) The information collected pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) may also be placed on the board’s Internet Web site.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 505, Sec. 7. (AB 1070) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2427 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2427.

2427.  (a) Except as provided in Section 2429, a license which has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration on filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the licensing authority and payment of all accrued renewal fees and any other fees required by Section 2424. If the license is not renewed within 30 days after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the prescribed delinquency fee, if any. Except as provided in Section 2424, renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which the renewal application is filed, on the date on which the renewal fee or accrued renewal fees are paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee or the delinquency fee and penalty fee, if any, are paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the expiration date set forth in Section 2422 or 2423 which next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire and become invalid if it is not again renewed.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the license of a doctor of podiatric medicine which has expired may be renewed at any time within three years after its expiration on filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the licensing authority and payment of all accrued renewal fees and any other fees required by Section 2424. If the license is not renewed within 30 days after its expiration, the licensee, as a condition precedent to renewal, shall also pay the prescribed delinquency fee, if any. Except as provided in Section 2424, renewal under this section shall be effective on the date on which the renewal application is filed, on the date on which the renewal fee or accrued renewal fees are paid, or on the date on which the delinquency fee or the delinquency fee and penalty fee, if any, are paid, whichever last occurs. If so renewed, the license shall continue in effect through the expiration date set forth in Section 2422 or 2423 which next occurs after the effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire and become invalid if it is not again renewed.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 26, Sec. 26.5. Effective March 30, 1994.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2428 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses|Section 2428.

2428.  (a) A person who voluntarily cancels his or her license or who fails to renew his or her license within five years after its expiration shall not renew it, but that person may apply for and obtain a new license if he or she:(1) Has not committed any acts or crimes constituting grounds for denial of licensure under Division 1.5 (commencing with Section 475).(2) Takes and passes the examination, if any, which would be required of him or her if application for licensure was being made for the first time, or otherwise establishes to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that passes on the qualifications of applicants for the license that, with due regard for the public interest, he or she is qualified to practice the profession or activity for which the applicant was originally licensed.(3) Pays all of the fees that would be required if application for licensure was being made for the first time.The licensing authority may provide for the waiver or refund of all or any part of an examination fee in those cases in which a license is issued without an examination pursuant to this section.Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the issuance of a license for a professional activity or system or mode of healing for which licenses are no longer required.(b) In addition to the requirements set forth in subdivision (a), an applicant shall establish that he or she meets one of the following requirements: (1) satisfactory completion of at least three years of approved postgraduate training; (2) certification by a specialty board approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties or approved by the board pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 651; or (3) passing of the clinical competency written examination.(c) Subdivision (a) shall apply to persons who held licenses to practice podiatric medicine except that those persons who failed to renew their licenses within three years after its expiration may not renew it, and it may not be reissued, reinstated, or restored, except in accordance with subdivision (a).(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 571, Sec. 7. (SB 1480) Effective January 1, 2019.)