California Code
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 5 - Medicine

ARTICLE 1 - Administration

Section 2000. - 2000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2001. - 2001. (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs...

Section 2001.1. - 2001.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 2002. - 2002. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the term “board” as used...

Section 2004. - 2004. The board shall have the responsibility for the following:...

Section 2006. - 2006. (a) Any reference in this chapter to an investigation...

Section 2007. - 2007. Members of the board shall only be appointed from...

Section 2008. - 2008. The board may appoint panels from its members for...

Section 2010. - 2010. Each member of the board shall be appointed for...

Section 2011. - 2011. The appointing power may remove any member of the...

Section 2012. - 2012. The board shall elect a president, a vice president,...

Section 2013. - 2013. (a) The board and a panel appointed under this...

Section 2014. - 2014. Notice of each meeting of the board shall be...

Section 2015. - 2015. The president of the board may call meetings of...

Section 2015.5. - 2015.5. The board may establish advisory committees consisting of persons...

Section 2016. - 2016. Each member of the board and its committees shall...

Section 2017. - 2017. The board and each committee or panel shall keep...

Section 2018. - 2018. The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance...

Section 2019. - 2019. The office of the board shall be in the...

Section 2020. - 2020. (a) The board, by and with the approval of...

Section 2021. - 2021. (a) If the board publishes a directory pursuant to...

Section 2022. - 2022. The directory shall be prima facie evidence of the...

Section 2023.5. - 2023.5. (a) The board, in conjunction with the Board of...

Section 2024. - 2024. (a) The board may select and contract with necessary...

Section 2025. - 2025. The board through its regular mailing shall notify all...

Section 2026. - 2026. The board shall initiate the process of adopting regulations...

Section 2027. - 2027. (a) The board shall post on its Internet Web...

Section 2028.5. - 2028.5. (a) The board may establish a pilot program to...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 2030. - 2030. The provisions of this chapter insofar as they are...

Section 2031. - 2031. The rights given by any certificate issued under any...

Section 2032. - 2032. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,...

Section 2033. - 2033. “Professional” relates to the art and science of medicine...

Section 2034. - 2034. “Medical licensing authority” refers to any officer, board, commission,...

Section 2036. - 2036. Whenever a course of instruction is required for any...

Section 2037. - 2037. Whenever any requirement is provided for any certificate relating...

Section 2038. - 2038. Whenever the words “diagnose” or “diagnosis” are used in...

Section 2039. - 2039. All certificates issued by the board shall state the...

Section 2040. - 2040. The terms “license” and “certificate” as used in this...

Section 2041. - 2041. The term “licensee” as used in this chapter means...

ARTICLE 3 - License Required and Exemptions

Section 2050. - 2050. The Division of Licensing shall issue one form of...

Section 2051. - 2051. The physician’s and surgeon’s certificate authorizes the holder to...

Section 2052. - 2052. (a) Notwithstanding Section 146, any person who practices or...

Section 2053.5. - 2053.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person...

Section 2053.6. - 2053.6. (a) A person who provides services pursuant to Section...

Section 2054. - 2054. (a) Any person who uses in any sign, business...

Section 2055. - 2055. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person issued...

Section 2056. - 2056. (a) The purpose of this section is to provide...

Section 2056.1. - 2056.1. (a) The purpose of this section is to ensure...

Section 2058. - 2058. (a) Nothing in this chapter prohibits service in the...

Section 2060. - 2060. Nothing in this chapter applies to any practitioner located...

Section 2061. - 2061. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting...

Section 2062. - 2062. Testing and guidance programs in schools, colleges, and universities...

Section 2063. - 2063. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed so as...

Section 2064. - 2064. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...

Section 2064.1. - 2064.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2064 or any other...

Section 2064.2. - 2064.2. No medical school or clinical training program shall deny...

Section 2064.3. - 2064.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as specified in...

Section 2064.4. - 2064.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as specified in...

Section 2064.5. - 2064.5. (a) Within 180 days after enrollment in a board-approved...

Section 2064.7. - 2064.7. (a) The board may deny a postgraduate training license...

Section 2064.8. - 2064.8. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2064.7, the board...

Section 2065. - 2065. (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, no postgraduate training...

Section 2066.5. - 2066.5. (a) The program authorized by this section shall be...

Section 2068. - 2068. This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit any...

Section 2069. - 2069. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a medical assistant...

Section 2070. - 2070. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a medical assistant...

Section 2071. - 2071. The board shall adopt and administer regulations that establish...

Section 2074. - 2074. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the employment of...

Section 2075. - 2075. The performance of acupuncture by a certified acupuncturist or...

Section 2076. - 2076. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician...

Section 2076.5. - 2076.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician...

Section 2077. - 2077. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician...

Section 2078. - 2078. (a) As used in this section, “DMSO” means dimethyl...

Section 2079. - 2079. (a) A physician and surgeon who desires to administer...

ARTICLE 4 - Requirements for Licensure

Section 2080. - 2080. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this...

Section 2081. - 2081. Each application submitted shall be made upon an electronic...

Section 2082. - 2082. Each application shall include the following: (a) A diploma...

Section 2083. - 2083. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each application...

Section 2084. - 2084. (a) Medical schools accredited by a national accrediting agency...

Section 2084.5. - 2084.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a medical school or...

Section 2086. - 2086. The Division of Licensing may utilize medical consultants and...

Section 2087. - 2087. If any applicant for licensure is rejected by the...

Section 2088. - 2088. (a) An applicant for a physician’s and surgeon’s license...

Section 2092. - 2092. (a) The board shall develop a process to give...

Section 2096. - 2096. (a) In addition to other requirements of this chapter,...

Section 2097. - 2097. (a) In addition to other requirements of this chapter,...

Section 2099. - 2099. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Division...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Osteopathic Requirements for Licensure

Section 2099.5. - 2099.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an originating license...

Section 2099.6. - 2099.6. (a) The Osteopathic Medical Board of California shall develop...

ARTICLE 5 - Foreign Medical Graduates

Section 2105. - 2105. (a) No hospital licensed by this state, or operated...

Section 2111. - 2111. (a) Physicians who are not citizens but who meet...

Section 2112. - 2112. (a) Physicians who are not citizens and who seek...

Section 2113. - 2113. (a) Any person who does not immediately qualify for...

ARTICLE 7 - Reciprocity and National Board Diplomate Applications

Section 2135. - 2135. The board shall issue a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate...

Section 2135.5. - 2135.5. Upon review and recommendation, the board may determine that...

Section 2141. - 2141. (a) An applicant under this article shall file a...

Section 2143. - 2143. An applicant for a reciprocity certificate need not have...

Section 2144. - 2144. The Division of Licensing may make an independent investigation...

Section 2151. - 2151. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Division of...

Section 2153. - 2153. In addition to the requirements of Section 164, a...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Osteopathic Reciprocity Applications

Section 2153.5. - 2153.5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Osteopathic Medical...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Special Permits

Section 2168. - 2168. (a) (1) A special faculty permit authorizes the holder...

Section 2168.1. - 2168.1. (a) Any person who meets all of the following...

Section 2168.2. - 2168.2. An application for a special faculty permit shall be...

Section 2168.3. - 2168.3. A special faculty permit may be denied, suspended, or...

Section 2168.4. - 2168.4. (a) A special faculty permit expires and becomes invalid...

Section 2168.5. - 2168.5. A holder of a special faculty permit issued before...

Section 2169. - 2169. A person who holds a special faculty permit shall...

ARTICLE 9 - Examinations

Section 2170. - 2170. (a) All applicants for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate...

Section 2171. - 2171. All examinations shall be designed to ascertain the applicant’s...

Section 2175. - 2175. State examination records shall be kept on file by...

Section 2176. - 2176. Examinations for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate may be...

Section 2177. - 2177. (a) A passing score is required for an entire...

Section 2179. - 2179. The Division of Licensing shall insure that nutrition is...

Section 2183. - 2183. An applicant for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate shall...

Section 2184. - 2184. (a) Each applicant shall obtain on the written examination...

Section 2186. - 2186. An applicant who is a diplomate of the National...

ARTICLE 10 - Continuing Medical Education

Section 2190. - 2190. In order to ensure the continuing competence of licensed...

Section 2190.1. - 2190.1. (a) The continuing medical education standards of Section 2190...

Section 2190.15. - 2190.15. Notwithstanding Section 2190.1, a physician and surgeon may meet...

Section 2190.2. - 2190.2. The Division of Licensing shall establish criteria that providers...

Section 2190.3. - 2190.3. All general internists and family physicians who have a...

Section 2190.5. - 2190.5. (a) (1) All physicians and surgeons shall complete a...

Section 2190.6. - 2190.6. (a) As an alternative to Section 2190.5, a physician...

Section 2191. - 2191. (a) In determining its continuing education requirements, the board...

Section 2191.1. - 2191.1. The Division of Licensing shall encourage every physician and...

Section 2191.2. - 2191.2. The division shall encourage every physician and surgeon to...

Section 2191.4. - 2191.4. The board, in determining its continuing education requirements, shall...

Section 2191.5. - 2191.5. In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall...

Section 2196. - 2196. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and...

Section 2196.1. - 2196.1. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and...

Section 2196.2. - 2196.2. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and...

Section 2196.5. - 2196.5. The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material...

Section 2196.6. - 2196.6. The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material...

Section 2196.7. - 2196.7. The board shall convene a working group of interested...

Section 2196.8. - 2196.8. The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and...

Section 2196.9. - 2196.9. (a) In determining its continuing education requirements for physicians...

ARTICLE 10.5 - Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Physicians Act of 2003

Section 2198. - 2198. (a) This article shall be known and may be...

Section 2198.1. - 2198.1. For purposes of this article, “cultural and linguistic competency”...

ARTICLE 11.5 - Surgery in Certain Outpatient Settings

Section 2215. - 2215. The Legislature finds and declares that in this state,...

Section 2216. - 2216. On or after July 1, 1996, no physician and...

Section 2216.1. - 2216.1. On and after July 1, 2000, it is unprofessional...

Section 2216.2. - 2216.2. (a) It is unprofessional conduct for a physician and...

Section 2216.3. - 2216.3. (a) An outpatient setting accredited pursuant to Section 1248.1...

Section 2216.4. - 2216.4. If an accredited outpatient setting fails to report an...

Section 2217. - 2217. The Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of...

ARTICLE 12 - Enforcement

Section 2220. - 2220. Except as otherwise provided by law, the board may...

Section 2220.01. - 2220.01. (a) (1) The director shall appoint an independent enforcement...

Section 2220.05. - 2220.05. (a) In order to ensure that its resources are...

Section 2220.08. - 2220.08. (a) Except for reports received by the board pursuant...

Section 2220.5. - 2220.5. (a) The Medical Board of California is the only...

Section 2220.6. - 2220.6. The board shall investigate any licensee against whom an...

Section 2220.7. - 2220.7. (a) A physician and surgeon shall not include or...

Section 2221. - 2221. (a) The board may deny a physician’s and surgeon’s...

Section 2221.05. - 2221.05. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2221, the board...

Section 2221.1. - 2221.1. (a) The board and the California Board of Podiatric...

Section 2222. - 2222. The California Board of Podiatric Medicine shall enforce and...

Section 2224. - 2224. (a) The board may delegate the authority under this...

Section 2225. - 2225. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2263 and any other law making...

Section 2225.3. - 2225.3. The board, the California Board of Podiatric Medicine, and...

Section 2225.5. - 2225.5. (a) (1) A licensee who fails or refuses to...

Section 2226. - 2226. The Division of Medical Quality or the Senior Assistant...

Section 2227. - 2227. (a) A licensee whose matter has been heard by...

Section 2227.3. - 2227.3. (a) The board may delegate to its executive director...

Section 2227.5. - 2227.5. The board shall keep a copy of a complaint...

Section 2228. - 2228. The authority of the board or the California Board...

Section 2228.1. - 2228.1. (a) On and after July 1, 2019, except as...

Section 2228.5. - 2228.5. (a) A physician and surgeon shall not automatically deny...

Section 2229. - 2229. (a) Protection of the public shall be the highest...

Section 2230. - 2230. (a) All proceedings against a licensee for unprofessional conduct,...

Section 2230.5. - 2230.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and...

Section 2231. - 2231. An administrative law judge as designated in Section 11371...

Section 2232. - 2232. (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the...

Section 2233. - 2233. The board may, by stipulation or settlement with the...

Section 2234. - 2234. The board shall take action against any licensee who...

Section 2234.1. - 2234.1. (a) A physician and surgeon shall not be subject...

Section 2235. - 2235. Upon referral from the division, the Senior Assistant Attorney...

Section 2236. - 2236. (a) The conviction of any offense substantially related to...

Section 2236.1. - 2236.1. (a) A physician and surgeon’s certificate shall be suspended...

Section 2236.2. - 2236.2. (a) Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 700) of...

Section 2237. - 2237. (a) The conviction of a charge of violating any...

Section 2238. - 2238. A violation of any federal statute or federal regulation...

Section 2239. - 2239. (a) The use or prescribing for or administering to...

Section 2240. - 2240. (a) A physician and surgeon who performs a medical...

Section 2241. - 2241. (a) A physician and surgeon may prescribe, dispense, or...

Section 2241.3. - 2241.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing shall preclude...

Section 2241.5. - 2241.5. (a) A physician and surgeon may prescribe for, or...

Section 2241.6. - 2241.6. The Division of Medical Quality shall develop standards before...

Section 2242. - 2242. (a) Prescribing, dispensing, or furnishing dangerous drugs as defined...

Section 2242.1. - 2242.1. (a) No person or entity may prescribe, dispense, or...

Section 2242.2. - 2242.2. Notwithstanding any other law, a physician and surgeon, a...

Section 2243. - 2243. Upon referral by the National Health Services Corps to...

Section 2244. - 2244. A physician and surgeon who collects biological specimens for...

Section 2245. - 2245. (a) The Medical Board of California on a quarterly...

Section 2246. - 2246. Any proposed decision or decision issued under this article...

Section 2247. - 2247. (a) A licensee shall meet the requirements set forth...

Section 2248. - 2248. This section shall be known as, and may be...

Section 2248.5. - 2248.5. (a) A standardized written summary in layman’s language and...

Section 2249. - 2249. (a) A physician and surgeon primarily responsible for providing...

Section 2250. - 2250. The willful failure to comply with the requirements of...

Section 2251. - 2251. The prescribing, dispensing, administering, or furnishing of liquid silicone...

Section 2252. - 2252. The violation of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 109250)...

Section 2253. - 2253. (a) Failure to comply with the Reproductive Privacy Act...

Section 2254. - 2254. The violation of Section 123440 of the Health and...

Section 2255. - 2255. The violation of any provision of Chapter 2.3 (commencing...

Section 2256. - 2256. Any intentional violation of Sections 5326.2 to 5326.8, inclusive,...

Section 2257. - 2257. The violation of Section 109275 of the Health and...

Section 2258. - 2258. The violation of Section 1708.5 of the Health and...

Section 2259. - 2259. (a) A physician and surgeon shall give each patient...

Section 2259.5. - 2259.5. (a) A physician and surgeon shall give each patient...

Section 2259.7. - 2259.7. The Medical Board of California shall adopt extraction and...

Section 2259.8. - 2259.8. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an elective...

Section 2260. - 2260. (a) A physician and surgeon who removes sperm or...

Section 2260.5. - 2260.5. A violation of Section 24185 of the Health and...

Section 2261. - 2261. Knowingly making or signing any certificate or other document...

Section 2262. - 2262. Altering or modifying the medical record of any person,...

Section 2263. - 2263. The willful, unauthorized violation of professional confidence constitutes unprofessional...

Section 2264. - 2264. The employing, directly or indirectly, the aiding, or the...

Section 2266. - 2266. The failure of a physician and surgeon to maintain...

Section 2270. - 2270. (a) It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a physician...

Section 2271. - 2271. Any advertising in violation of Section 17500, relating to...

Section 2272. - 2272. Any advertising of the practice of medicine in which...

Section 2273. - 2273. (a) Except as otherwise allowed by law, the employment...

Section 2274. - 2274. (a) The use by any licensee of any certificate,...

Section 2275. - 2275. Any person who held a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate...

Section 2276. - 2276. Unless the holder of any certificate provided for in...

Section 2277. - 2277. Unless the holder of any certificate provided for in...

Section 2278. - 2278. Unless a person authorized under this chapter to use...

Section 2280. - 2280. No licensee shall practice medicine while under the influence...

Section 2281. - 2281. A physician and surgeon or a student undertaking a...

Section 2282. - 2282. The regular practice of medicine in a licensed general...

Section 2282.5. - 2282.5. (a) The medical staff’s right of self-governance shall include,...

Section 2282.5. - 2282.5. (a) The medical staff’s right of self-governance shall include,...

Section 2283. - 2283. The regular practice of medicine in a licensed general...

Section 2284. - 2284. (a) A licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed...

Section 2285. - 2285. The use of any fictitious, false, or assumed name,...

Section 2286. - 2286. It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for any licensee to...

Section 2287. - 2287. The purchase, sale, or barter, or offering to purchase,...

Section 2288. - 2288. The impersonation of any applicant or acting as proxy...

Section 2289. - 2289. The impersonation of another licensed practitioner or permitting or...

Section 2290. - 2290. The provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 580)...

Section 2290.5. - 2290.5. (a) For purposes of this division, the following definitions...

Section 2291. - 2291. It is unprofessional conduct for any licensee not a...

Section 2292. - 2292. (a) A licensee may be ordered to undergo a...

Section 2293. - 2293. (a) The professional competency examination shall be in the...

Section 2294. - 2294. (a) If the division proceeds pursuant to the provisions...

Section 2305. - 2305. The revocation, suspension, or other discipline, restriction, or limitation...

Section 2306. - 2306. If a licensee’s right to practice medicine is suspended,...

Section 2307. - 2307. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (i), a person...

Section 2310. - 2310. (a) If a physician and surgeon possesses a license...

Section 2311. - 2311. Whenever any person has engaged in or is about...

Section 2312. - 2312. The Division of Medical Quality shall seek to obtain...

Section 2313. - 2313. The board shall report annually to the Legislature, no...

Section 2314. - 2314. (a) Unless it is otherwise expressly provided, any person,...

Section 2315. - 2315. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, any person...

Section 2316. - 2316. If a licensed physician and surgeon who provides expertise...

Section 2317. - 2317. If a person, not a regular employee of the...

Section 2318. - 2318. In addition to any immunity afforded by Sections 43.8...

Section 2319. - 2319. (a) The board shall set as a goal the...

ARTICLE 13 - Medical Adjudication

Section 2330. - 2330. Complainants against licensees of the board, including licensees of...

Section 2332. - 2332. (a) The Division of Medical Quality or the Health...

Section 2334. - 2334. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with respect...

Section 2335. - 2335. (a) All proposed decisions and interim orders of the...

Section 2336. - 2336. The Division of Medical Quality and the California Board...

Section 2337. - 2337. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, superior court review...

ARTICLE 14 - Physician and Surgeon Health and Wellness Program

Section 2340. - 2340. (a) The board may establish a Physician and Surgeon...

Section 2340.2. - 2340.2. If the board establishes a program, the program shall...

Section 2340.4. - 2340.4. (a) If the board establishes a program, the board...

Section 2340.6. - 2340.6. (a) A physician and surgeon shall, as a condition...

Section 2340.8. - 2340.8. (a) The Physician and Surgeon Health and Wellness Program...

ARTICLE 15 - Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon Diversion Evaluation Committee

Section 2360. - 2360. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 2361. - 2361. As used in this article: (a) “Board” means the...

Section 2362. - 2362. One or more diversion evaluation committees are hereby created...

Section 2363. - 2363. Each member of the committee shall receive per diem...

Section 2364. - 2364. The board shall administer this article. (Added by Stats....

Section 2365. - 2365. (a) The board shall establish criteria for the acceptance,...

Section 2366. - 2366. A committee created under this article operates under the...

Section 2367. - 2367. (a) Each licensee who requests participation in a treatment...

Section 2368. - 2368. An administrative fee to be established by the board,...

Section 2369. - 2369. (a) After the committee and the program manager, in...

Section 2370. - 2370. The board shall provide for the representation of any...

ARTICLE 17 - Exemptions from Liability

Section 2395. - 2395. No licensee, who in good faith renders emergency care...

Section 2395.5. - 2395.5. (a) A licensee who serves on an on-call basis...

Section 2396. - 2396. No licensee, who in good faith upon the request...

Section 2397. - 2397. (a) A licensee shall not be liable for civil...

Section 2398. - 2398. No licensee, who in good faith and without compensation...

ARTICLE 18 - Corporations

Section 2400. - 2400. Corporations and other artificial legal entities shall have no...

Section 2401. - 2401. (a) Notwithstanding Section 2400, a clinic operated primarily for...

Section 2402. - 2402. The provisions of Section 2400 do not apply to...

Section 2403. - 2403. The provisions of Section 2400 do not apply to...

Section 2406. - 2406. A medical corporation or podiatry corporation is a corporation...

Section 2406.5. - 2406.5. (a) When a physician and surgeon, podiatrist, or other...

Section 2407. - 2407. A medical or podiatry corporation shall be subject to...

Section 2408. - 2408. Except as provided in Sections 13401.5 and 13403 of...

Section 2409. - 2409. The income of a medical and podiatry corporation attributable...

Section 2410. - 2410. A medical or podiatry corporation shall not do or...

Section 2411. - 2411. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the offering and...

Section 2412. - 2412. The Division of Licensing may adopt and enforce regulations...

Section 2413. - 2413. This article shall apply to medical corporations which have...

Section 2415. - 2415. (a) Any physician and surgeon or any doctor of...

Section 2416. - 2416. Physicians and surgeons and doctors of podiatric medicine may...

Section 2417. - 2417. (a) If the Department of Insurance has evidence that...

Section 2417.5. - 2417.5. (a) A business organization that offers to provide, or...

ARTICLE 18.5 - Locum Tenens Services

Section 2418. - 2418. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of...

ARTICLE 19 - Renewal of Licenses

Section 2421. - 2421. As used in this article, the terms: (a) “License”...

Section 2423. - 2423. (a) All physician and surgeon’s certificates, and certificates to...

Section 2424. - 2424. Notwithstanding Section 163.5, any licensee of the board or...

Section 2425. - 2425. (a) The Division of Licensing may prepare and mail...

Section 2425.1. - 2425.1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 2425.3. - 2425.3. (a) A licensed physician and surgeon shall report to...

Section 2426. - 2426. (a) A licensee shall report to the board at...

Section 2427. - 2427. (a) Except as provided in Section 2429, a license...

Section 2428. - 2428. (a) A person who voluntarily cancels his or her...

Section 2429. - 2429. (a) A license which is suspended for unprofessional conduct...

Section 2432. - 2432. Upon filing an application therefor, containing such information as...

Section 2433. - 2433. Upon filing an application therefor, containing such information as...

ARTICLE 20 - Revenue

Section 2435. - 2435. The following fees apply to the licensure of physicians...

Section 2435.1. - 2435.1. (a) In addition to the fees charged for the...

Section 2435.2. - 2435.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if Article...

Section 2435.3. - 2435.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if Section 12529.6...

Section 2436. - 2436. The fees in this article fixed by the board...

Section 2436.5. - 2436.5. (a) (1) In addition to the fees charged for...

Section 2437. - 2437. The board may fix a fee for the approval...

Section 2439. - 2439. (a) Every licensee is exempt from the payment of...

Section 2440. - 2440. (a) Every licensee is exempt from the payment of...

Section 2441. - 2441. (a) Any licensee who demonstrates to the satisfaction of...

Section 2442. - 2442. The renewal fee shall be waived for a physician...

Section 2443. - 2443. The following fees apply to fictitious-name permits issued under...

Section 2445. - 2445. All moneys paid to and received by the board...

Section 2446. - 2446. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, all fines...

Section 2447. - 2447. The board shall refund any fees, fines, or forfeitures...

Section 2448. - 2448. Notwithstanding the possession by a licensee of a renewal...

ARTICLE 21 - Provisions Applicable to Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons

Section 2450. - 2450. There is a Board of Osteopathic Examiners of the...

Section 2450.1. - 2450.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 2451. - 2451. The words “Medical Board of California,” the term “board,”...

Section 2452. - 2452. This chapter applies to the Osteopathic Medical Board of...

Section 2453. - 2453. (a) It is the policy of this state that...

Section 2453.5. - 2453.5. Individuals possessing physician’s and surgeon’s certificates issued by the...

Section 2454.5. - 2454.5. In order to ensure the continuing competence of licensed...

Section 2455. - 2455. The amount of fees and refunds is that established...

Section 2455.1. - 2455.1. (a) In addition to the fees charged pursuant to...

Section 2455.2. - 2455.2. (a) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon shall report...

Section 2456. - 2456. (a) Each person holding a certificate issued by the...

Section 2456.1. - 2456.1. All osteopathic physician’s and surgeon’s certificates shall be issued...

Section 2456.2. - 2456.2. (a) The board shall notify in writing by certified...

Section 2456.3. - 2456.3. Except as provided in Section 2429, a license which...

Section 2457. - 2457. The failure of any person holding a certificate issued...

Section 2457.5. - 2457.5. (a) In addition to Article 12 (commencing with Section...

Section 2458. - 2458. When the prosecution for a violation of this chapter...

Section 2459. - 2459. The Osteopathic Medical Board of California shall not issue...

Section 2459.4. - 2459.4. (a) On and after July 1, 2019, except as...

Section 2459.5. - 2459.5. An osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed pursuant to the...

Section 2459.6. - 2459.6. (a) For the purposes of Section 2459.5 and this...

Section 2459.7. - 2459.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no osteopathic physician...

ARTICLE 22 - Podiatric Medicine

Section 2460. - 2460. (a) There is created in the Department of Consumer...

Section 2460.1. - 2460.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 2461. - 2461. (a) As used in this article: (1) “Board” means...

Section 2462. - 2462. The board shall consist of seven members, three of...

Section 2463. - 2463. Each member of the board, except the public members,...

Section 2464. - 2464. The public members shall be appointed from persons having...

Section 2465. - 2465. No person who directly or indirectly owns any interest...

Section 2466. - 2466. All members of the board shall be appointed for...

Section 2467. - 2467. (a) The board may convene from time to time...

Section 2468. - 2468. Notice of each meeting of the board shall be...

Section 2469. - 2469. Each member of the board shall receive per diem...

Section 2470. - 2470. The board may adopt, amend, or repeal, in accordance...

Section 2471. - 2471. Except as provided by Section 159.5, the board may...

Section 2472. - 2472. (a) The certificate to practice podiatric medicine authorizes the...

Section 2473. - 2473. (a) A doctor of podiatric medicine may independently prescribe...

Section 2474. - 2474. Any person who uses in any sign or in...

Section 2475. - 2475. Unless otherwise provided by law, no postgraduate trainee, intern,...

Section 2475.1. - 2475.1. Before a resident’s license may be issued, each applicant...

Section 2475.2. - 2475.2. As used in this article, “podiatric residency” means a...

Section 2475.3. - 2475.3. (a) The board shall approve podiatric residency programs, as...

Section 2476. - 2476. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent...

Section 2477. - 2477. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the manufacture, the recommendation,...

Section 2479. - 2479. The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric...

Section 2480. - 2480. The board shall have full authority to investigate and...

Section 2481. - 2481. Each applicant who commenced professional instruction in podiatric medicine...

Section 2483. - 2483. (a) Each applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric...

Section 2484. - 2484. In addition to any other requirements of this chapter,...

Section 2486. - 2486. The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric...

Section 2488. - 2488. The board shall issue a certificate to practice podiatric...

Section 2492. - 2492. (a) The board shall examine every applicant for a...

Section 2493. - 2493. An applicant for a certificate to practice podiatric medicine...

Section 2495. - 2495. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board...

Section 2496. - 2496. In order to ensure the continuing competence of persons...

Section 2496.5. - 2496.5. Any vaccine training program provided through the federal Centers...

Section 2497. - 2497. (a) The board may order the denial of an...

Section 2497.5. - 2497.5. (a) The board may request the administrative law judge,...

Section 2498. - 2498. (a) The board shall have the responsibility for reviewing...

Section 2499. - 2499. (a) There is in the State Treasury the Board...

Section 2499.5. - 2499.5. The following fees apply to certificates to practice podiatric...

Section 2499.6. - 2499.6. The fees in this article shall be fixed by...

Section 2499.7. - 2499.7. (a) Certificates to practice podiatric medicine shall expire at...

Section 2499.8. - 2499.8. Any licensee who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the...

ARTICLE 23 - Alternative Practices and Treatments

Section 2500. - 2500. The boards acknowledge the significant interest of physicians and...

Section 2501. - 2501. In fulfilling their responsibilities under this article, the boards...

ARTICLE 24 - Licensed Midwives

Section 2505. - 2505. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 2506. - 2506. As used in this article the following definitions shall...

Section 2507. - 2507. (a) The license to practice midwifery authorizes the holder...

Section 2508. - 2508. (a) A licensed midwife shall disclose in oral and...

Section 2509. - 2509. The board shall create and appoint a Midwifery Advisory...

Section 2510. - 2510. If a client is transferred to a hospital, the...

Section 2511. - 2511. (a) No person, other than one who has been...

Section 2511.5. - 2511.5. Each application for licensure as a licensed midwife shall...

Section 2512. - 2512. The board shall issue a license to practice midwifery...

Section 2512.5. - 2512.5. A person is qualified for a license to practice...

Section 2513. - 2513. (a) An approved midwifery education program shall offer the...

Section 2514. - 2514. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to...

Section 2514.5. - 2514.5. (a) Within 60 days following January 1, 1998, the...

Section 2515. - 2515. The board shall approve specific educational programs intended to...

Section 2515.5. - 2515.5. Each applicant shall show by evidence satisfactory to the...

Section 2516. - 2516. (a) Each licensed midwife who assists, or supervises a...

Section 2516.5. - 2516.5. (a) As used in this section, the following definitions...

Section 2517. - 2517. A person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor...

Section 2518. - 2518. (a) Licenses issued pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 2519. - 2519. The board may suspend, revoke, or place on probation...

Section 2519.5. - 2519.5. (a) Any complaint determined to involve quality of care,...

Section 2520. - 2520. (a) (1) The fee to be paid upon the...

Section 2521. - 2521. Any person who violates this article is guilty of...

Section 2522. - 2522. (a) A person whose license has been voluntarily surrendered...

Section 2523. - 2523. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

ARTICLE 25 - Recommending Medical Cannabis

Section 2525. - 2525. (a) It is unlawful for a physician and surgeon...

Section 2525.1. - 2525.1. The Medical Board of California shall consult with the...

Section 2525.2. - 2525.2. An individual who possesses a license in good standing...

Section 2525.3. - 2525.3. Recommending medical cannabis to a patient for a medical...

Section 2525.4. - 2525.4. It is unprofessional conduct for any attending physician recommending...

Section 2525.5. - 2525.5. (a) A person shall not distribute any form of...

Section 2529. - 2529. (a) Graduates of the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, the...

Section 2529.1. - 2529.1. (a) The use of any controlled substance or the...

Section 2529.5. - 2529.5. (a) Each person to whom registration is granted under...

Section 2529.6. - 2529.6. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...