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2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9 - Dental Hygienists › Section 1966.5.

1966.5. (a) After a diversion evaluation committee, in its discretion, has determined that a licensee has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the diversion evaluation committee shall purge and destroy all records pertaining to the licensee’s participation in the diversion program.
(b) Except as authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 1966.1, all dental hygiene board and diversion evaluation committee records and records of proceedings pertaining to the treatment of a licensee in a program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 456, Sec. 54. (SB 786) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9 - Dental Hygienists › Section 1966.6.

1966.6. The dental hygiene board shall provide for the representation of any person making reports to a diversion evaluation committee or the dental hygiene board under this article in any action for defamation for reports or information given to the diversion evaluation committee or the dental hygiene board regarding a licensee’s participation in the diversion program.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 456, Sec. 55. (SB 786) Effective January 1, 2020.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.1 - Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Corporations › Section 1967.

1967. A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation is a professional corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that professional corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and professional employees rendering professional services are in compliance with the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act (commencing with Section 13400) of Part 4 of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code, this article, and all other statutes and regulations now or hereafter adopted pertaining to the professional corporation and the conduct of its affairs. With respect to a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation, the governmental agency referred to in the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act is the Dental Hygiene Board of California.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 858, Sec. 60. (SB 1482) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.1 - Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Corporations › Section 1967.1.

1967.1. It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this article for any person licensed under this article to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, assist in or abet the violation of, or conspire to violate any provision or term of this article, the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, or any regulations duly adopted under those laws.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 516, Sec. 2. (AB 502) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.1 - Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Corporations › Section 1967.2.

1967.2. A licensee employed by, or practicing in, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation pursuant to Section 13401.5 of the Corporations Code shall practice within the scope of their license and shall be subject to all applicable licensure provisions in their respective practice act.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 516, Sec. 2. (AB 502) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.1 - Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Corporations › Section 1967.3.

1967.3. The income of a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of such shareholder or his or her shares in the registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 516, Sec. 2. (AB 502) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.1 - Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Corporations › Section 1967.4.

1967.4. (a) The bylaws of a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of the professional corporation owned by a disqualified person, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, or a deceased person, shall be sold to the professional corporation or to the remaining shareholders of the professional corporation not later than 90 days after disqualification, if the shareholder becomes a disqualified person, or not later than six months after death, if the shareholder becomes deceased.
(b) A registered dental hygienist in alternative practice 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. 2015, Ch. 516, Sec. 2. (AB 502) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.5 - California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program › Section 1970.

1970. There is hereby established in the Dental Board of California the Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program of 2002, which shall become operative on January 1, 2003. This program shall be known and may be cited as the California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 1. (AB 2485) Effective September 24, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.5 - California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program › Section 1970.5.

1970.5. It is the intent of this article that the Dental Board of California implement the California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 2. (AB 2485) Effective September 24, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.5 - California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program › Section 1971.

1971. As used in this article:
(a) “Account” means the Dentally Underserved Account established in Section 1973, which is contained within the fund.
(b) “Board” means the Dental Board of California.
(c) “Dentally underserved area” means a geographic area eligible to be designated as having a shortage of dental professionals pursuant to Part I of Appendix B to Part 5 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations or an area of the state in which unmet priority needs for dentists exist as determined by the California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commission pursuant to Section 128224 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) “Dentally underserved population” means persons without dental insurance and persons eligible for Denti-Cal who are population groups described as having a shortage of dental care professionals in Part I of Appendix B to Part 5 of Chapter 1 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(e) “Fund” means the State Dentistry Fund.
(f) “Medi-Cal threshold languages” means primary languages spoken by limited-English-proficient (LEP) population groups meeting a numeric threshold of 3,000 eligible LEP Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in a county, 1,000 Medi-Cal eligible LEP beneficiaries residing in a single ZIP Code, or 1,500 LEP Medi-Cal beneficiaries residing in two contiguous ZIP Codes.
(g) “Program” means the California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program.
(h) “Practice setting” means either of the following:
(1) A community clinic, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1204 and subdivision (c) of Section 1206 of the Health and Safety Code, a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital and health system, or a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that maintains the primary contract with a county government to fulfill the county’s role pursuant to Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code that is located in a dentally underserved area or at least 50 percent of whose patients are from a dentally underserved population.
(2) A dental practice or dental corporation, as defined in Section 1800, located in a dentally underserved area or at least 50 percent of whose patients are from a dentally underserved population.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 4. (AB 2485) Effective September 24, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.5 - California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program › Section 1973.

1973. (a) The Dentally Underserved Account is hereby created in the State Dentistry Fund.
(b) The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) is hereby authorized to be expended from the State Dentistry Fund on this program. These moneys are appropriated as follows:
(1) One million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be transferred from the fund to the account on July 1, 2003. Of this amount, sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) shall be used by the board in the 2003–04 fiscal year for operating expenses necessary to manage this program.
(2) One million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be transferred from the fund to the account on July 1, 2004. Of this amount, sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) shall be used by the board in the 2004–05 fiscal year for operating expenses necessary to manage this program.
(3) One million dollars ($1,000,000) shall be transferred from the fund to the account on July 1, 2005. Of this amount, sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) shall be used by the board in the 2005–06 fiscal year for operating expenses necessary to manage this program.
(c) Funds placed into the account shall be used by the board to repay the loans per agreements made with dentists.
(1) Funds paid out for loan repayment may have a funding match from foundation or other private sources.
(2) Loan repayments shall not exceed one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000) per individual licensed dentist.
(3) Loan repayments shall not exceed the amount of the educational loans incurred by the dentist applicant.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the board may seek and receive matching funds from foundations and private sources to be placed into the account. The board also may contract with an exempt foundation for the receipt of matching funds to be transferred to the account for use by this program.
(e) Funds in the account appropriated in subdivision (b) or received pursuant to subdivision (d) are continuously appropriated for the repayment of loans per agreements made between the board and the dentists.
(f) On or after July 1, 2010, the board shall extend the program and distribute the moneys remaining in the account until all the moneys in the account are expended.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 7. (AB 2485) Effective September 24, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.5 - California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program › Section 1975.

1975. The terms of loan repayment granted under this article shall be as follows:
(a) After a program participant has been selected by the board to provide services as a dentist in the program, the board shall provide thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) for loan repayment annually, for three years, to reach a total of one hundred five thousand dollars ($105,000), or the total amount of the loan, whichever is the lesser amount.
(b) The initial disbursement of funds shall be made within 30 days from execution of a program agreement between the board and the recipient directly from the board to the qualified lender selected by the recipient, to be credited to the recipient’s account.
(c) Subsequent disbursements in sums equal to the initial disbursement, but not equaling more than the total amount owed by the recipient, shall be made within 30 days of months 13 and 25 of the recipient’s participation in the program.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 9. (AB 2485) Effective September 24, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 4 - Dentistry › ARTICLE 9.5 - California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program › Section 1976.

1976. (a) The board shall report to the Legislature, during its sunset review period, the experience of the program since its inception, an evaluation of its effectiveness in improving access to dental care for underserved populations, and recommendations for maintaining or expanding its operation. The report to the Legislature shall also include the following:
(1) The number of program participants.
(2) The practice locations.
(3) The amount expended for the program.
(4) The information on annual progress reports by program participants.
(b) The report to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 575, Sec. 10. (AB 2485) Effective September 24, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2000.

2000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Practice Act. Whenever a reference is made to the Medical Practice Act by the provisions of any statute, it is to be construed as referring to the provisions of this chapter.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2001.

2001. (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Medical Board of California that consists of 15 members, 7 of whom shall be public members.
(b) The Governor shall appoint 13 members to the board, subject to confirmation by the Senate, 5 of whom shall be public members. The Senate Committee on Rules and the Speaker of the Assembly shall each appoint a public member.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed. Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this section renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 294, Sec. 2. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2001.1.

2001.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Medical Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be paramount.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 107, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2002.

2002. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the term “board” as used in this chapter means the Medical Board of California. As used in this chapter or any other provision of law, “Division of Medical Quality” and “Division of Licensing” shall be deemed to refer to the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2004.

2004. The board shall have the responsibility for the following:
(a) The enforcement of the disciplinary and criminal provisions of the Medical Practice Act.
(b) The administration and hearing of disciplinary actions.
(c) Carrying out disciplinary actions appropriate to findings made by a panel or an administrative law judge.
(d) Suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting certificates after the conclusion of disciplinary actions.
(e) Reviewing the quality of medical practice carried out by physician and surgeon certificate holders under the jurisdiction of the board.
(f) Approving undergraduate and graduate medical education programs.
(g) Approving clinical clerkship and special programs and hospitals for the programs in subdivision (f).
(h) Issuing licenses and certificates under the board’s jurisdiction.
(i) Administering the board’s continuing medical education program.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2006.

2006. (a) Any reference in this chapter to an investigation by the board shall be deemed to refer to a joint investigation conducted by employees of the Department of Justice and the Health Quality Investigation Unit under the vertical enforcement and prosecution model, as specified in Section 12529.6 of the Government Code.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
(Repealed (in Sec. 6) and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 515, Sec. 7. (SB 304) Effective January 1, 2014. Section operative July 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2007.

2007. Members of the board shall only be appointed from persons who have been residents of this state for at least the five-year period preceding their appointment. Members of the board, except the public members, shall only be appointed from persons licensed as physicians and surgeons in this state. No person who in any manner owns any interest in any college, school, or institution engaged in medical instruction shall be appointed to the board. Four of the physician members of the board shall hold faculty appointments in a clinical department of an approved medical school in the state, but not more than four members of the board may hold full-time appointments to the faculties of such medical schools.
The public members shall not be licensees of the board.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 294, Sec. 3. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2008.

2008. The board may appoint panels from its members for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations established in subdivision (c) of Section 2004. Any panel appointed under this section shall at no time be comprised of less than four members and the number of public members assigned to the panel shall not exceed the number of licensed physician and surgeon members assigned to the panel. Each panel shall annually elect a chair and a vice chair.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 775, Sec. 18. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2010.

2010. Each member of the board shall be appointed for a term of four years.
Vacancies occuring on the board shall be filled by appointment of the appointing power for the unexpired term.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 676, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2011.

2011. The appointing power may remove any member of the board for neglect of duty required by this chapter, incompetency, or unprofessional conduct.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 676, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2012.

2012. The board shall elect a president, a vice president, and a secretary from its members.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2013.

2013. (a) The board and a panel appointed under this chapter may convene from time to time as deemed necessary by the board.
(b) Four members of a panel of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the panel. Eight members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any board meeting.
(c) It shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of those members present at a board or panel meeting, those members constituting at least a quorum, to pass any motion, resolution, or measure. A decision by a panel to discipline a physician and surgeon shall require an affirmative vote, at a meeting or by mail, of a majority of the members of that panel; except that a decision to revoke the certificate of a physician and surgeon shall require the affirmative vote of four members of that panel.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2014.

2014. Notice of each meeting of the board shall be given in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2015.

2015. The president of the board may call meetings of any duly appointed and created committee or panel of the board at a specified time and place.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2015.5.

2015.5. The board may establish advisory committees consisting of persons who have a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate issued by the board that is in good standing and members of the public with interest or knowledge of the subject matter assigned to the committee. Members of an advisory committee need not be members of the board.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 843, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2017.

2017. The board and each committee or panel shall keep an official record of all their proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2018.

2018. The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, those regulations as may be necessary to enable it to carry into effect the provisions of law relating to the practice of medicine.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2019.

2019. The office of the board shall be in the City of Sacramento. Suboffices may be established in the Cities of Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco or the environs of such cities. Notwithstanding any other law, legal proceedings against the board shall be instituted in any one of these four cities. The board may also establish other suboffices as it may deem necessary and such records as may be necessary may be transferred temporarily to any suboffices.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 294, Sec. 4. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2020.

2020. (a) The board, by and with the approval of the director, may employ an executive director exempt from the provisions of the Civil Service Act and may also employ investigators, legal counsel, medical consultants, and other assistance as it may deem necessary to carry this chapter into effect. The board may fix the compensation to be paid for services subject to the provisions of applicable state laws and regulations and may incur other expenses as it may deem necessary. Investigators employed by the board shall be provided special training in investigating medical practice activities.
(b) The Attorney General shall act as legal counsel for the board for any judicial and administrative proceedings and the services of the Attorney General shall be a charge against it.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 294, Sec. 5. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2028, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2021.

2021. (a) If the board publishes a directory pursuant to Section 112, it may require persons licensed pursuant to this chapter to furnish any information as it may deem necessary to enable it to compile the directory.
(b) Each licensee shall report to the board each and every change of address, including an email address, within 30 days after each change, giving both the old and new address. If an address reported to the board at the time of application for licensure or subsequently is a post office box, the applicant shall also provide the board with a street address. If another address is the licensee’s address of record, the licensee may request that the second address not be disclosed to the public.
(c) Each licensee shall report to the board each and every change of name within 30 days after each change, giving both the old and new names.
(d) Each applicant and licensee shall have an electronic mail address and shall report to the board that electronic mail address no later than July 1, 2022. The electronic mail address shall be considered confidential and not subject to public disclosure.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 649, Sec. 5. (SB 806) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2022.

2022. The directory shall be prima facie evidence of the authority of the persons named therein to practice under this act, unless such authority has been revoked, suspended, or otherwise limited pursuant to this chapter subsequent to the publication of the directory.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2023.5.

2023.5. (a) The board, in conjunction with the Board of Registered Nursing, and in consultation with the Physician Assistant Board and professionals in the field, shall review issues and problems surrounding the use of laser or intense light pulse devices for elective cosmetic procedures by physicians and surgeons, nurses, and physician assistants. The review shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The appropriate level of physician supervision needed.
(2) The appropriate level of training to ensure competency.
(3) Guidelines for standardized procedures and protocols that address, at a minimum, all of the following:
(A) Patient selection.
(B) Patient education, instruction, and informed consent.
(C) Use of topical agents.
(D) Procedures to be followed in the event of complications or side effects from the treatment.
(E) Procedures governing emergency and urgent care situations.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify the prohibition against the unlicensed practice of medicine.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 511, Sec. 9. (SB 1495) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2024.

2024. (a) The board may select and contract with necessary medical consultants who are licensed physicians and surgeons to assist it in its programs. Subject to Section 19130 of the Government Code, the board may contract with these consultants on a sole source basis.
(b) Every consultant retained under this section for a given investigation of a licensee shall be a specialist, as defined in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (h) of Section 651.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 984, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2024.5.

2024.5. (a) The board shall establish a Complainant Liaison Unit comprised of board staff responsible for the following:
(1) Respond to communications from the public about the complaint review and enforcement process.
(2) After a complaint has been referred to a field investigation, assist with coordinating communications between the complainant and investigators, as necessary.
(3) Following a disciplinary decision, respond to questions from the complainant regarding any appeals process available to the disciplined licensee.
(4) Conduct and support public outreach activities to improve the public’s understanding of the board’s enforcement process, including related laws and policies.
(5) Evaluate and respond to requests from complainants to review a complaint closure that the complainant believes was made in error.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that the board requires additional staff positions to implement this section. Therefore, this section shall only become operative six months following the allocation of positions to the board for the implementation of these provisions in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 294, Sec. 6. (SB 815) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally operative as prescribed by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 1 - Administration › Section 2025.

2025. The board through its regular mailing shall notify all licensees of the existence of pain management guidelines published by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research of the Public Health Service within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and shall provide the published guidelines to licensees upon request.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 949, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Business and Professions Code - BPC › DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS › CHAPTER 5 - Medicine › ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions › Section 2052.5.

2052.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Eligible patient” means a person who meets all of the following requirements:
(A) Has an immediately life-threatening disease or condition as defined in Section 111548.1 of the Health and Safety Code.
(B) Has given written informed consent for, or, if the person lacks the capacity to consent, their legally authorized representative has given written informed consent on their behalf for, both of the following:
(i) The use of an eligible out-of-state physician and surgeon’s telehealth health care services.
(ii) The release of certified medical records to their primary physician and surgeon by the out-of-state physician.
(C) Has not been accepted to participate in the clinical trial nearest to their home for the immediately life-threatening disease or condition identified in subparagraph (A) within one week of completion of the clinical trial application process, or, in the medical judgment of a physician and surgeon described in paragraph (3), it is unreasonable for the patient to participate in that clinical trial due to the patient’s current condition and stage of disease.
(D) Has documentation from their primary physician and surgeon attesting that they meet the requirements in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C). The primary physician and surgeon may withdraw the documentation if there is a substantial change in the patient’s mental capacity to make informed decisions for their own care unless their legally authorized representative has given written informed consent on their behalf.
(2) “Eligible out-of-state physician and surgeon” means a person who is licensed as a physician and surgeon in another state in good standing with no history of prior discipline, and whose medical expertise is that of the eligible patient’s illness.
(3) “Primary physician and surgeon” means a physician and surgeon licensed under the Medical Practice Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000)) or an osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed under the Osteopathic Act (Article 21 (commencing with Section 2450)).
(4) “Telehealth” has the same meaning as provided in Section 2290.5.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an eligible out-of-state physician and surgeon may practice medicine in the state if the practice is limited to delivering health care via telehealth to an eligible patient.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 837, Sec. 2. (AB 1369) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)