California Legal Codes and Statutes

Division 2 - HEALING ARTS

California Business and Professions Code — §§ 500-4999.202

Chapter 1 - General Provisions
§§ 500-865.2
Article 1 - Records
§§ 500-502
Article 1.5 - Advocacy for Appropriate Health Care
§§ 510-512
Article 2 - Eyeglasses
§§ 525-527
Article 3 - Ophthalmia Neonatorum
§§ 550-558
Article 4 - Frauds of Medical Records
§§ 580-585
Article 5 - Illegal Advertising
Article 6 - Unearned Rebates, Refunds and Discounts
§§ 650-657
Article 6.5 - Open Payments Database Notices
§§ 660-665
Article 7 - Nursing
§§ 675-679
Article 7.5 - Health Care Practitioners
§§ 680-688
Article 8 - Selection of Healing Arts Practitioner
§§ 690
Article 9 - Inactive License
§§ 700-704
Article 10 - Federal Personnel and Tribal Health Programs
§§ 710-719
Article 10.5 - Unprofessional Conduct
§§ 725-733
Article 10.7 - Opioid Medication
§§ 740-742
Article 10.8 - Three Day Rule for Narcotic Drug Prescriptions
§§ 750
Article 11 - Professional Reporting
§§ 800-809.9
Article 12 - Insurance Fraud
§§ 810
Article 12.5 - Mental Illness or Physical Illness
§§ 820-828
Article 13 - Standards for Licensure or Certification
§§ 850-856
Article 14 - Gerontology and Geriatric Training for the Healing Arts
§§ 860
Article 15 - Sexual Orientation Change Efforts
§§ 865-865.2
Chapter 1.2 - Expedited licensure process
§§ 870
Chapter 1.5 - Exemption From Licensure
§§ 900-901
Chapter 1.6 - Health Care Professional Disaster Response Act
§§ 920-922
Chapter 2 - Chiropractors
§§ 1000-1058
Article 1 - General
§§ 1000-1007
Article 2 - Chiropractic Corporations
§§ 1050-1058
Chapter 3 - Clinical Laboratory Technology
§§ 1200-1327
Article 1 - Definitions
§§ 1200-1214
Article 2 - Administration and Regulation
§§ 1220-1228
Chapter - Application of the Chapter
§§ 1240-1246.7
Article 3.5 - Hemodialysis Training
§§ 1247-1247.9
Article 4 - Licensing
§§ 1260-1275
Chapter - Offenses Against the Chapter
§§ 1280-1291
Article 6 - Revenue
§§ 1300-1302
Article 6.5 - Penalties
§§ 1310-1311
Article 7 - Denial, Revocation and Suspension of Licenses
§§ 1320-1327
Chapter 4 - Dentistry
§§ 1600-1976
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 1600-1621
Article 2 - Admission and Practice
§§ 1625-1636.6
Article 2.4 - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
§§ 1638-1638.7
Article 2.5 - Special Permits
§§ 1640-1642
Article 2.6 - Continuing Education
§§ 1645-1645.2
Article 2.7 - Licensed Dentists from Mexico Pilot Program
§§ 1645.4
Article 2.75 - Use of Deep Sedation and General Anesthesia
§§ 1646-1646.13
Article 2.84 - Use of Moderate Sedation
§§ 1647-1647.12
Article 2.86 - Use of Oral Conscious Sedation for Adult Patients
§§ 1647.18-1647.26
Article 2.87 - Use of Pediatric Minimal Sedation
§§ 1647.30-1647.38
Article 2.9 - Dental Restorative Materials
§§ 1648.10-1648.20
Article 3 - Registration
§§ 1650-1657
Article 3.5 - Additional Offices
§§ 1658-1658.8
Article 4 - Suspension and Revocation of Licenses
§§ 1670-1687
Article 4.7 - Diversion Program
§§ 1695-1699
Chapter - Offenses Against This Chapter
§§ 1700-1707
Article 6 - Fees
§§ 1715-1725
Article 7 - Dental Auxiliaries
§§ 1740-1777
Article 8 - Dental Corporations
§§ 1800-1808
Article 9 - Dental Hygienists
§§ 1900-1966.6
Article 9.1 - Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice Corporations
§§ 1967-1967.4
Article 9.5 - California Dental Corps Loan Repayment Program
§§ 1970-1976
Chapter 5 - Medicine
§§ 2000-2529.8.1
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 2000-2028.5
Article 2 - General Provisions
§§ 2030-2042
Article 3 - License Required and Exemptions
§§ 2050-2078
Article 4 - Requirements for Licensure
§§ 2080-2099
Article 4.5 - Osteopathic Requirements for Licensure
§§ 2099.5-2099.6
Article 5 - Foreign Medical Graduates
§§ 2105-2113
Article 6 - Licensed Physicians from Mexico Program
§§ 2125-2126
Article 7 - Reciprocity and National Board Diplomate Applications
§§ 2135-2153
Article 7.5 - Osteopathic Reciprocity Applications
§§ 2153.5
Article 8.5 - Special Permits
§§ 2168-2169
Article 9 - Examinations
§§ 2170-2186
Article 10 - Continuing Medical Education
§§ 2190-2196.9
Article 10.5 - Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Physicians Act of 2003
§§ 2198-2198.1
Article 11.5 - Surgery in Certain Outpatient Settings
§§ 2215-2217
Article 12 - Enforcement
§§ 2220-2319
Article 13 - Medical Adjudication
§§ 2330-2337
Article 14 - Physician and Surgeon Health and Wellness Program
§§ 2340-2340.8
Article 15 - Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon Diversion Evaluation Committee
§§ 2360-2370
Article 17 - Exemptions from Liability
§§ 2395-2398
Article 18 - Corporations
§§ 2400-2417.5
Article 18.5 - Locum Tenens Services
§§ 2418
Article 19 - Renewal of Licenses
§§ 2421-2433
Article 20 - Revenue
§§ 2435-2448
Article 21 - Provisions Applicable to Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
§§ 2450-2459.7
Article 22 - Podiatric Medicine
§§ 2460-2499.8
Article 23 - Alternative Practices and Treatments
§§ 2500-2501
Article 24 - Licensed Midwives
§§ 2505-2523
Article 25 - Recommending Medical Cannabis
§§ 2525-2525.5
Article 26 - Athletic Trainers
§§ 2529.8.1
Chapter 5.3 - Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Hearing Aid Dispensers
§§ 2530-2539.14
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 2530-2530.7
Article 2 - Administration
§§ 2531-2531.95
Article 3 - Licenses
§§ 2532-2532.8
Article 4 - Denial, Suspension, Revocation, and Probation
§§ 2533-2533.6
Article 5 - Revenue
§§ 2534-2534.2
Article 6 - Licensing and Registration
§§ 2535-2535.4
Article 7 - Speech-Language Pathology Corporations and Audiology Corporations
§§ 2536-2537.5
Article 7.5 - Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
§§ 2538-2538.7
Article 8 - Hearing Aid Dispensers
§§ 2538.10-2538.57
Article 9 - Dispensing Audiologists
§§ 2539.1-2539.14
Chapter 5.4 - Prescription Lenses and Ophthalmic and Optometric Assistants
§§ 2540-2545
Chapter 5.5 - Registered Dispensing Opticians
§§ 2550-2568
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 2550-2559
Article 1.5 - Spectacle Lens Dispensing
§§ 2559.1-2559.4
Article 2 - Contact Lens Dispensing
§§ 2560-2564.6
Article 2.5 - Nonresident Ophthalmic Lens Dispensers
§§ 2564.70-2564.80
Article 2.7 - Registered Dispensing Ophthalmic Businesses
§§ 2564.90-2564.94
Article 3 - Fiscal Provisions
§§ 2565-2568
Article 4 - Review
Chapter 5.6 - Occupational Therapy
§§ 2570-2572
Chapter 5.65 - Dietitians
§§ 2585-2586.8
Chapter 5.67 - Perfusionists
§§ 2590-2596
Chapter 5.7 - Physical Therapy
§§ 2600-2696
Article 1 - Administration and General Provisions
§§ 2600-2615
Article 2 - Scope of Regulation and Exemptions
§§ 2620-2634
Article 3 - Qualifications and Requirements for Licensure
§§ 2635-2639.1
Article 4 - Renewal of Licenses
§§ 2644-2649
Article 5 - Educational Standards
§§ 2650-2654
Article 6 - Enforcement
§§ 2660-2661.7
Article 7 - Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program
§§ 2662-2669
Chapter - Offenses Against this Chapter
§§ 2670-2672
Article 9 - Fiscal Administration
§§ 2680-2689
Article 10 - Physical Therapy Corporations
§§ 2690-2696
Chapter 6 - Nursing
§§ 2700-2838.4
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 2700-2717
Article 2 - Scope of Regulation
§§ 2725-2742
Article 2.5 - Nurse-Midwives
§§ 2746-2746.8
Article 3 - Disciplinary Proceedings
§§ 2750-2765
Article 3.1 - Intervention Program
§§ 2770-2770.14
Article 3.5 - Nursing Corporations
§§ 2775-2781
Article 4 - Nursing Schools
§§ 2785-2789
Article 5 - Penal Provisions
§§ 2795-2800
Article 6 - Revenue
§§ 2810-2815.7
Article 6.5 - Public Health Nurse Certification
§§ 2816-2820
Article 7 - Nurse Anesthetists
§§ 2825-2833.6
Article 8 - Nurse Practitioners
§§ 2834-2837
Article 8.5 - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
§§ 2837.100-2837.105
Article 9 - Clinical Nurse Specialists
§§ 2838-2838.4
Chapter 6.5 - Vocational Nursing
§§ 2840-2895.5
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 2840-2858
Article 2 - Scope of Regulation
§§ 2859-2873.6
Article 3 - Disciplinary Proceedings
§§ 2875-2879
Article 4 - Vocational Nursing Schools
§§ 2880-2884
Article 5 - Penal Provisions
§§ 2885-2887
Article 6 - Revenue
§§ 2890-2895.5
Chapter 6.6 - Psychologists
§§ 2900-2999.106
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 2900-2919
Article 2 - Administration
§§ 2920-2936
Article 3 - License
§§ 2940-2949
Article 3.5 - Research Psychoanalysts
§§ 2950-2954.6
Article 4 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation
§§ 2960-2969
Article 5 - Penalties
§§ 2970-2971
Article 7 - Revenue
§§ 2980-2989
Article 9 - Psychological Corporations
§§ 2995-2999
Article 10 - Psychological Testing Technicians
§§ 2999.100-2999.106
Chapter 7 - Optometry
§§ 3000-3167
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 3000-3007
Article 2 - Administration
§§ 3010.1-3030
Article 3 - Admission to Practice
§§ 3040-3060
Article 4 - Registration
§§ 3070-3078
Article 5 - Revocation and Suspension
§§ 3090-3112
Chapter - Offenses Against the Chapter
§§ 3120-3137
Article 7 - Revenue
§§ 3145-3152.5
Article 8 - Optometric Corporations
§§ 3160-3167
Chapter 7.7 - Physician Assistants
§§ 3500-3545
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 3500-3503.5
Article 2 - Administration
§§ 3504-3511
Article 3 - Certification and Approval
§§ 3513-3519.5
Article 4 - Revenue
§§ 3520-3526
Article 5 - Denial, Suspension and Revocation
§§ 3527-3531
Article 6 - Penalties
§§ 3532-3533
Article 6.5 - Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants
§§ 3534-3534.10
Article 7 - Osteopathic Physician Assistants
§§ 3535
Article 7.5 - International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants
§§ 3537.10-3537.50
Article 8 - Physicians’ Assistants Corporations
§§ 3540-3545
Chapter 7.8 - Polysomnographic Technologists
§§ 3575-3579
Chapter 8 - Osteopathic Medicine
§§ 3600
Chapter 8.2 - Naturopathic Doctors Act
§§ 3610-3686
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 3610-3615
Article 2 - Administration
§§ 3620-3627
Article 3 - Licensure
§§ 3630-3637
Chapter - Application of Chapter
§§ 3640-3645
Article 5 - Naturopathic Childbirth Attendance
§§ 3650-3655
Article 6 - Offenses and Enforcement
§§ 3660-3664
Article 7 - Naturopathic Corporations
§§ 3670-3675
Article 8 - Fiscal Administration
§§ 3680-3681
Article 9 - Miscellaneous Provisions
§§ 3685-3686
Chapter 8.3 - Respiratory Therapy
§§ 3700-3779
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 3700-3706
Article 2 - Administration
§§ 3710-3722
Article 3 - Certification of Practitioners
§§ 3730-3739
Article 4 - Education Standards
§§ 3740-3742
Article 5 - Suspension, Revocation, and Reinstatement of Certificates
§§ 3750-3759
Article 6 - Offenses and Enforcement
§§ 3760-3769.3
Article 7 - Fiscal Administration
§§ 3770-3779
Chapter 9 - Pharmacy
§§ 4000-4427.8
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 4000-4014
Article 2 - Definitions
§§ 4015-4046
Article 3 - Scope of Practice and Exemptions
§§ 4050-4069
Article 4 - Requirements for Prescriptions
§§ 4070-4079
Article 5 - Authority of Inspectors
§§ 4080-4086
Article 6 - General Requirements
§§ 4100-4107.5
Article 7 - Pharmacies
§§ 4110-4126.10
Article 7.5 - Sterile Drug Products
§§ 4127-4127.8
Article 7.6 - Centralized Hospital Packaging Pharmacies
§§ 4128-4128.7
Article 7.7 - Outsourcing Facilities
§§ 4129-4129.9
Article 8 - Telepharmacy Systems and Remote Dispensing Site Pharmacies
§§ 4130-4135
Article 9 - Hypodermic Needles and Syringes
§§ 4141-4149
Article 10 - Pharmacy Corporations
§§ 4150-4156
Article 11 - Wholesalers, Third-Party Logistics Providers, and Manufacturers
§§ 4160-4169.1
Article 11.5 - Surplus Medication Collection and Distribution Intermediaries
§§ 4169.5
Article 11.7 - Cancer Medication Collection and Distribution: Registry of Participating Practitioners
§§ 4169.7-4169.8
Article 12 - Prescriber Dispensing
§§ 4170-4175
Article 13 - Nonprofit or Free Clinics
§§ 4180-4186
Article 13.5 - Correctional Clinics
§§ 4187-4187.5
Article 14 - Clinics
§§ 4190-4195
Article 15 - Veterinary Food-Animal Drug Retailers
§§ 4196-4199
Article 16 - Applications
§§ 4200-4211
Article 17 - Continuing Education
§§ 4231-4234
Article 18 - Poisons
§§ 4240
Article 19 - Disciplinary Proceedings
§§ 4300-4318
Article 20 - Prohibitions and Offenses
§§ 4320-4343
Article 21 - Pharmacists Recovery Program
§§ 4360-4373
Article 22 - Unfair Trade Practices
§§ 4380-4382
Article 23 - Revenue and Renewal
§§ 4400-4409
Article 24 - Prescription Rates for Medicare Beneficiaries
§§ 4425-4426
Article 25 - Automated Drug Delivery System
§§ 4427-4427.8
Chapter 9.5 - Audits of Pharmacy Benefits
§§ 4430-4441
Chapter 10 - Psychiatric Technicians
§§ 4500-4548
Article 1 - Generally
§§ 4500-4509.5
Article 2 - Licensure
§§ 4510-4519
Article 3 - Disciplinary Proceedings
§§ 4520-4524
Article 4 - Schools for Preparation of Psychiatric Technicians
§§ 4530-4532
Article 5 - Penal Provisions
§§ 4540-4543
Article 6 - Revenue
§§ 4544-4548
Chapter 10.5 - Massage Therapy Act
§§ 4600-4621
Chapter 10.7 - Music Therapy
§§ 4650-4657
Chapter 11 - Veterinary Medicine
§§ 4800-4920.8
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 4800-4811
Article 2 - Practice Provisions
§§ 4825-4831
Article 2.5 - Registered Veterinary Technicians
§§ 4836-4845
Article 3 - Issuance of Licenses
§§ 4846-4857
Article 3.1 - Continuing Education
§§ 4858-4858.3
Article 3.5 - Wellness Evaluation Committees
§§ 4860-4873
Article 4 - Revocation and Suspension
§§ 4875-4887
Article 5 - Revenue
§§ 4900-4905
Article 6 - Veterinary Corporations
§§ 4910-4917
Article 7 - Community Blood Banks for Animals
§§ 4920-4920.8
Chapter 12 - Acupuncture
§§ 4925-4979
Article 1 - Administration and General Provisions
§§ 4925-4934.2
Article 2 - Certification Requirements
§§ 4935-4949
Article 4 - Enforcement
§§ 4955-4964
Article 5 - Renewal
§§ 4965-4969
Article 6 - Revenue
§§ 4970-4974
Article 7 - Acupuncture Corporations
§§ 4975-4979
Chapter 13 - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists
§§ 4980-4989
Article 1 - Regulation
§§ 4980-4980.81
Article 2 - Denial, Suspension, and Revocation
§§ 4982-4982.3
Article 3 - Penalties
§§ 4983-4983.1
Article 4 - Revenue
§§ 4984-4984.9
Article 6 - Marriage and Family Therapy Corporations
§§ 4987.5-4988.2
Article 7 - Review
§§ 4989
Chapter 13.5 - Licensed Educational Psychologists
§§ 4989.10-4989.70
Article 1 - General
§§ 4989.10-4989.18
Article 2 - Licensure
§§ 4989.20-4989.28
Article 3 - Renewal and Continuing Education
§§ 4989.30-4989.45
Article 4 - Regulation
§§ 4989.46-4989.52
Article 5 - Enforcement
§§ 4989.54-4989.66
Article 6 - Revenue
§§ 4989.68-4989.70
Chapter 13.7 - Board of Behavioral Sciences
§§ 4990-4990.42
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 4990-4990.26.3
Article 2 - Disciplinary Actions
§§ 4990.28-4990.42
Chapter 14 - Social Workers
§§ 4991-4998.5
Article 1 - General Provisions
§§ 4991-4991.2
Chapter - Application of Chapter
§§ 4992-4993
Article 4 - Licensure
§§ 4996-4997.1
Article 5 - Licensed Clinical Social Workers Corporations
§§ 4998-4998.5
Chapter 15 - Telephone Medical Advice Services
§§ 4999-4999.7
Chapter 15.5 - Health Advice From Artificial Intelligence
§§ 4999.8-4999.9
Chapter 16 - Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors
§§ 4999.10-4999.129
Article 1 - Administration
§§ 4999.10-4999.14
Article 2 - Scope of Practice
§§ 4999.20-4999.27
Article 3 - Licensure
§§ 4999.30-4999.67
Article 4 - Practice Requirements
§§ 4999.70-4999.76
Article 5 - Enforcement
§§ 4999.80-4999.92
Article 6 - Revenue
§§ 4999.100-4999.121
Article 7 - Professional Clinical Counselor Corporations
§§ 4999.123-4999.129
Chapter 17 - Qualified Autism Service Providers
§§ 4999.200-4999.202