California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §2525: (a) It is unlawful for a physician and surgeon who recommends cannabis to a patient for a medical purpose to accept, solicit, or offer any form of remuneration from or to a facility issued a state lic

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A physician cannot accept, solicit, or offer payment from a cannabis facility in which the physician or immediate family has a financial interest. Violation is a misdemeanor with up to one year jail and/or $5,000 fine.

Read the full statutory text

(a) It is unlawful for a physician and surgeon who recommends cannabis to a patient for a medical purpose to accept, solicit, or offer any form of remuneration from or to a facility issued a state license pursuant to Division 10 (commencing with Section 26000), if the physician and surgeon or his or her immediate family have a financial interest in that facility. (b) For the purposes of this section, “financial interest” shall have the same meaning as in Section 650.01. (c) A violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in county jail and a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) or by civil penalties of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000) and shall constitute unprofessional conduct.

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