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CA Bus & Prof Code § 2026 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 1 - Administration|Section 2026.

2026.  The board shall initiate the process of adopting regulations on or before January 1, 2019, to require its licentiates and registrants to provide notice to their clients or patients that the practitioner is licensed or registered in this state by the board, that the practitioner’s license can be checked, and that complaints against the practitioner can be made through the board’s Internet Web site or by contacting the board.(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 20. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2028.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 1 - Administration|Section 2028.5.

2028.5.  (a) The board may establish a pilot program to expand the practice of telehealth in this state.(b) To implement this pilot program, the board may convene a working group of interested parties from the public and private sectors, including, but not limited to, state health-related agencies, health care providers, health plan administrators, information technology groups, and groups representing health care consumers.(c) The purpose of the pilot program shall be to develop methods, using a telehealth model, to deliver throughout the state health care to persons with chronic diseases as well as information on the best practices for chronic disease management services and techniques and other health care information as deemed appropriate.(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 275, Sec. 2. (AB 1420) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2030 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2030.

2030.  The provisions of this chapter insofar as they are substantially the same as provisions relating to the same subject matter of previous medical practice acts shall be construed as restatements and continuations thereof, and not as new enactments.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2031 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2031.

2031.  The rights given by any certificate issued under any preceding medical practice act are not affected by the enactment of this chapter, nor by the repeal of any law upon which such rights are based, but such rights shall hereafter be exercised according to the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2032 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2032.

2032.  “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization, or any combination thereof, except that only natural persons shall be licensed under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2033 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2033.

2033.  “Professional” relates to the art and science of medicine and surgery and to such other arts and sciences as may be included within the field of medicine and surgery.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2034 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2034.

2034.  “Medical licensing authority” refers to any officer, board, commission, or department of another state upon whose certificate a reciprocity certificate may be issued.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2036 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2036.

2036.  Whenever a course of instruction is required for any certificate, it shall be satisfied by a resident course of medical instruction. Whenever a resident course of instruction is mentioned in this chapter, it shall be interpreted to mean classroom, laboratory, practical, and clinical instruction, received and given the person physically present, wherever prescribed as a part of his or her instruction and for the period prescribed for such instruction.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2037 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2037.

2037.  Whenever any requirement is provided for any certificate relating to a medical school or hospital, or any reference is made to a medical school or hospital, the medical school and hospital shall be ones approved by the Division of Licensing.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2038 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2038.

2038.  Whenever the words “diagnose” or “diagnosis” are used in this chapter, they include any undertaking by any method, device, or procedure whatsoever, and whether gratuitous or not, to ascertain or establish whether a person is suffering from any physical or mental disorder. Such terms shall also include the taking of a person’s blood pressure and the use of mechanical devices or machines for the purpose of making a diagnosis and representing to such person any conclusion regarding his or her physical or mental condition. Machines or mechanical devices for measuring or ascertaining height or weight are excluded from this section.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2039 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2039.

2039.  All certificates issued by the board shall state the extent and character of the practice which is permitted.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2040 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2040.

2040.  The terms “license” and “certificate” as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2041 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions|Section 2041.

2041.  The term “licensee” as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine’s certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2050.

2050.  The Division of Licensing shall issue one form of certificate to all physicians and surgeons licensed by the board which shall be designated as a “physician’s and surgeon’s certificate.”(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2051.

2051.  The physician’s and surgeon’s certificate authorizes the holder to use drugs or devices in or upon human beings and to sever or penetrate the tissues of human beings and to use any and all other methods in the treatment of diseases, injuries, deformities, and other physical and mental conditions.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2052.

2052.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 146, any person who practices or attempts to practice, or who advertises or holds himself or herself out as practicing, any system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted in this state, or who diagnoses, treats, operates for, or prescribes for any ailment, blemish, deformity, disease, disfigurement, disorder, injury, or other physical or mental condition of any person, without having at the time of so doing a valid, unrevoked, or unsuspended certificate as provided in this chapter or without being authorized to perform the act pursuant to a certificate obtained in accordance with some other provision of law is guilty of a public offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both the fine and either imprisonment.(b) Any person who conspires with or aids or abets another to commit any act described in subdivision (a) is guilty of a public offense, subject to the punishment described in that subdivision.(c) The remedy provided in this section shall not preclude any other remedy provided by law.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 11. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2053.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2053.5.

2053.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who complies with the requirements of Section 2053.6 shall not be in violation of Section 2051 or 2052 unless that person does any of the following:(1)  Conducts surgery or any other procedure on another person that punctures the skin or harmfully invades the body.(2)  Administers or prescribes X-ray radiation to another person.(3)  Prescribes or administers legend drugs or controlled substances to another person.(4)  Recommends the discontinuance of legend drugs or controlled substances prescribed by an appropriately licensed practitioner.(5)  Willfully diagnoses and treats a physical or mental condition of any person under circumstances or conditions that cause or create a risk of great bodily harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death.(6) Sets fractures.(7) Treats lacerations or abrasions through electrotherapy.(8)  Holds out, states, indicates, advertises, or implies to a client or prospective client that he or she is a physician, a surgeon, or a physician and surgeon.(b) A person who advertises any services that are not unlawful under Section 2051 or 2052 pursuant to subdivision (a) shall disclose in the advertisement that he or she is not licensed by the state as a healing arts practitioner.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 621, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2053.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2053.6.

2053.6.  (a) A person who provides services pursuant to Section 2053.5 that are not unlawful under Section 2051 or 2052 shall, prior to providing those services, do the following:(1) Disclose to the client in a written statement using plain language the following information:(A) That he or she is not a licensed physician.(B) That the treatment is alternative or complementary to healing arts services licensed by the state.(C) That the services to be provided are not licensed by the state.(D) The nature of the services to be provided.(E) The theory of treatment upon which the services are based.(F) His or her educational, training, experience, and other qualifications regarding the services to be provided.(2) Obtain a written acknowledgment from the client stating that he or she has been provided with the information described in paragraph (1). The client shall be provided with a copy of the written acknowledgement, which shall be maintained by the person providing the service for three years.(b) The information required by subdivision (a) shall be provided in a language that the client understands.(c) Nothing in this section or in Section 2053.5 shall be construed to do the following:(1) Affect the scope of practice of licensed physicians and surgeons.(2) Limit the right of any person to seek relief for negligence or any other civil remedy against a person providing services subject to the requirements of this section.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 621, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2054.

2054.  (a) Any person who uses in any sign, business card, or letterhead, or, in an advertisement, the words “doctor” or “physician,” the letters or prefix “Dr.,” the initials “M.D.,” or any other terms or letters indicating or implying that he or she is a physician and surgeon, physician, surgeon, or practitioner under the terms of this or any other law, or that he or she is entitled to practice hereunder, or who represents or holds himself or herself out as a physician and surgeon, physician, surgeon, or practitioner under the terms of this or any other law, without having at the time of so doing a valid, unrevoked, and unsuspended certificate as a physician and surgeon under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any of the following persons may use the words “doctor” or “physician,” the letters or prefix “Dr.,” or the initials “M.D.”:(1) A graduate of a medical school approved or recognized by the board while enrolled in a postgraduate training program approved by the board.(2) A graduate of a medical school who does not have a certificate as a physician and surgeon under this chapter if he or she meets all of the following requirements:(A) If issued a license to practice medicine in any jurisdiction, has not had that license revoked or suspended by that jurisdiction.(B) Does not otherwise hold himself or herself out as a physician and surgeon entitled to practice medicine in this state except to the extent authorized by this chapter.(C) Does not engage in any of the acts prohibited by Section 2060.(3) A person authorized to practice medicine under Section 2111 or 2113 subject to the limitations set forth in those sections.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 22. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2055.

2055.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person issued a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate by the Medical Board of California pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to use of the initials “M.D.”(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 886, Sec. 19.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2056.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2056.1.

2056.1.  (a) The purpose of this section is to ensure that health care service plans and their contracting entities do not enter into contracts with physicians and surgeons or other licensed health care providers that interfere with any ethical responsibility or legal right of physicians and surgeons or other licensed health care providers to discuss with their patients information relevant to their patients’ health care. It is the intent of the Legislature to guarantee that a physician and surgeon or other licensed health care provider can communicate freely with, and act as advocate for, his or her patient.(b) Health care service plans and their contracting entities shall not include provisions in their contracts that interfere with the ability of a physician and surgeon or other licensed health care provider to communicate with a patient regarding his or her health care, including, but not limited to, communications regarding treatment options, alternative plans, or other coverage arrangements. Nothing in this section shall preclude a contract provision that provides that a physician and surgeon, or other licensed health care provider, may not solicit for alternative coverage arrangements for the primary purpose of securing financial gain.(c) Any contractual provision inconsistent with this section shall be void and unenforceable.(d) For purposes of this section, “licensed health care provider” means any person licensed or certified pursuant to this division or licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Initiative Act or the Chiropractic Initiative Act.(e) No communication regarding treatment options shall be represented or construed to expand or revise the scope of benefits or covered services under a health care service plan or insurance contract.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1089, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2058 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2058.

2058.  (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits service in the case of emergency, or the domestic administration of family remedies.(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit obtaining a blood specimen by skin puncture for the purpose of performing blood glucose testing for the purposes of monitoring a minor child in accordance with paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 1241.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 550, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2060.

2060.  Nothing in this chapter applies to any practitioner located outside this state, when in actual consultation, whether within this state or across state lines, with a licensed practitioner of this state, or when an invited guest of the California Medical Association or the California Podiatric Medical Association, or one of their component county societies, or of an approved medical or podiatric medical school or college for the sole purpose of engaging in professional education through lectures, clinics, or demonstrations, if he or she is, at the time of the consultation, lecture, or demonstration a licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed doctor of podiatric medicine in the state or country in which he or she resides. This practitioner shall not open an office, appoint a place to meet patients, receive calls from patients within the limits of this state, give orders, or have ultimate authority over the care or primary diagnosis of a patient who is located within this state.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 607, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2061 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2061.

2061.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the practice of other persons licensed, certified, or registered under any other provision of law relating to the healing arts when such person is engaged in his or her authorized and licensed practice.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2062 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2062.

2062.  Testing and guidance programs in schools, colleges, and universities and physical fitness tests given by public and private agencies in connection with employment or issuance or renewal of licenses or permits do not constitute the practice of medicine within the meaning or intent of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2063 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2063.

2063.  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as to discriminate against any particular school of medicine or surgery, school or college of podiatric medicine, or any other treatment, nor shall it regulate, prohibit, or apply to any kind of treatment by prayer, nor interfere in any way with the practice of religion.(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2064 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2064.

2064.  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent a regularly matriculated student undertaking a course of professional instruction in an approved medical school, or to prevent a foreign medical student who is enrolled in an approved medical school or clinical training program in this state, from engaging in the practice of medicine whenever and wherever prescribed as a part of his or her course of study.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.(Repealed (in Sec. 23) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 24. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative January 1, 2020, by its own provisions.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2064.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2064.1.

2064.1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2064 or any other provisions of this chapter, a regularly matriculated student undertaking a course of professional instruction in a medical school approved by the American Osteopathic Association or the Osteopathic Medical Board of California is eligible for enrollment in elective clerkships or preceptorships in any medical school or clinical training program in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 359, Sec. 10.)
CA Bus & Prof Code § 2064.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Business and Professions Code - BPC|DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS|CHAPTER 5 - Medicine|ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions|Section 2064.2.

2064.2.  No medical school or clinical training program shall deny access to elective clerkships or preceptorships in any medical school or clinical training program in this state solely on the basis that a student is enrolled in an osteopathic medical school.Any violation of this section or Section 2064.1 may be enjoined in an action brought in the name of the people of the State of California by the district attorney of the county in which the violation occurs, upon receipt of a complaint by an aggrieved student.(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 425, Sec. 1.)