California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §4508: This chapter does not prohibit provisions of the services regulated herein with or without compensation or personal profit, when done by the tenets of any well-recognized church or denomination, so lo

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This statute exempts services provided by recognized churches or denominations from prohibition under this chapter, whether provided with or without compensation.

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This chapter does not prohibit provisions of the services regulated herein with or without compensation or personal profit, when done by the tenets of any well-recognized church or denomination, so long as they do not otherwise engage in the practice set forth in the chapter.

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