Chapter 1.5 - Exemption From Licensure - California Business and Professions Code

Sections (2)

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 270, Sec. 1. (AB 2699) Effective January 1, 2011.

(a)Nothing in this division applies to a health care practitioner licensed in another state or territory of the United States who offers or provides health care for which he or she is licensed, if the health care is provided only during a state of emergency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the Government Code, which emergency overwhelms the response capabilities of California health care practitioners and only upon the request of the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority.

(b)The director shall be the medical control and shall designate the licensure and specialty health care practitioners required for the specific emergency and shall designate the areas

to which they may be deployed.

(c)Health care practitioners shall provide, upon request, a valid copy of a professional license and a photograph identification issued by the state in which the practitioner holds licensure before being deployed by the director.

(d)Health care practitioners deployed pursuant to this chapter shall provide the appropriate California licensing authority with verification of licensure upon request.

(e)Health care practitioners providing health care pursuant to this chapter shall have immunity from liability for services rendered as specified in Section 8659 of the Government Code.

(f)For the purposes of this section, “health care practitioner” means any person who engages in acts which are the subject of licensure or

regulation under this division or under any initiative act referred to in this division.

(g)For purposes of this section, “director” means the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority who shall have the powers specified in Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety Code.

§ 901

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 105, Sec. 1. (AB 144) Effective September 17, 2025.

(a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

(1)“Committee” means the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

(2)“Health care practitioner” means any person who engages in acts that are the subject of licensure or regulation under this division or under any initiative act referred to in this division and who maintains an active license in good standing to provide the same or substantially similar services in another state, territory, or country.

(3)“Olympic and Paralympic activities” means any competition, non competition, athlete village, training,

or support sites in this state sanctioned by the committee.

(b)Notwithstanding any other law, any licensure, certification, or registration requirements of this division shall not apply to a health care practitioner licensed in another state, territory, or country while providing professional services for which a license would otherwise be required in this state if both of the following conditions are met:

(1)The health care practitioner has been invited by the committee to provide professional services at Olympic and Paralympic activities.

(2)The committee provides to the Director of Consumer Affairs, to forward to the applicable licensing entity within the department that corresponds to the licensing entity in the state, territory, or country where the health care practitioner is licensed before the provision of

professional services by a health care practitioner, all of the following information:

(A)The name of the health care practitioner.

(B)The state, territory, or country of the health care practitioner’s licensure and the licensing entity from which the health care practitioner holds a license.

(C)The dates for which the health care practitioner has been invited to provide professional services.

(D)The scope of practice the committee requires for that practitioner at Olympic and Paralympic activities.

(c)The exemption granted under this section shall be limited to only those professional services required by or on behalf of the committee. Those professional services shall be within the

scope of the health care practitioner’s existing licensure, certification, or registration and shall only be provided at Olympic and Paralympic activities.

(d)A health care practitioner shall cease to be exempted under this section upon a request made by the department to the committee on behalf of an applicable licensing entity.

(e)The exemption provided in this section shall remain in force while the health care practitioner is providing professional services at the invitation of the committee and only during the time sanctioned by the committee.

(f)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, in the event the consent of the parent, guardian, or legal representative of a team member cannot be obtained, the official team representative who is responsible for any member participating in Olympic and

Paralympic activities may give consent to the furnishing of professional services to a team member who, due to age, disability, or injury, is not able to personally consent.

(2)Consent given pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be subject to disaffirmance or invalidation due to the individual’s age, disability, or injury.

(3)In the case of an emergency, the consent of the parent, guardian, or legal representative of the team member shall not be necessary in order to authorize the performance of professional services.

(g)This section does not apply to persons who engage in acts that are subject to licensure or regulation pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 4000) or Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 4430).