California

Business and Professions Code - BPC

10,525 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 2141 — (a) An applicant under this article shall file a verified application on a form furnished by the Division of Licensing.
• § 2143 — An applicant for a reciprocity certificate need not have completed the postgraduate training required in Section 2096 prior to the issuance of a license in another state, if the applicant complies wit
• § 2144 — The Division of Licensing may make an independent investigation of the educational qualifications and the ability and standing of the applicant.
• § 21500 — As used in this article: (a) “Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in the business of selling watches.
• § 21501 — Except as provided in this article “secondhand watch” means any of the following: (a) A watch which, as a whole, or the case thereof, or the movement thereof, has been sold to a consumer.
• § 21502 — A watch which is returned to the same person who sold the watch to the consumer, either through an exchange or for credit, within one year from the date of the original sale, if such seller keeps a wr
• § 21503 — The written record referred to in this article shall contain all of the following information: (a) The name and address of the consumer.
• § 21504 — The written record referred to in this article shall be kept for at least three years from the date of the original sale of the watch.
• § 21505 — Any person who sells, exchanges, offers to sell or exchange, exposes for sale or exchange, or possesses with intent to sell or exchange, a secondhand watch, shall affix and keep affixed to the same a
• § 21506 — Any person who sells a secondhand watch shall deliver to the vendee a written invoice setting forth the name and address of the vendor, the name and address of the vendee, the date of the sale, the na
• § 21507 — A duplicate of the invoice required by this article shall be kept on file by the vendor of the secondhand watch for at least one year from the date of the sale thereof and shall be open to inspection
• § 21508 — Any person advertising in any manner secondhand watches for sale shall state clearly in such advertising that the watches so advertised are secondhand watches.
• § 21509 — Violation of this article is a misdemeanor.
• § 2151 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Division of Licensing may issue a physician and surgeon’s certificate to a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners provided the following r
• § 2153 — In addition to the requirements of Section 164, a certificate issued under this article shall include in its description the basis upon which the certificate was issued.
• § 2153.5 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California shall issue an osteopathic physician’s and surgeon’s certificate on reciprocity to an applicant providing he or
• § 21550 — “Person” as used in this article includes firm and corporation.
• § 21551 — Every person dealing in secondhand goods, wares or merchandise, either as pawnbroker or otherwise, who buys or receives as a pledge any builders’ tools shall keep a register in which shall be entered
• § 21552 — Whenever any person referred to in this article ships or otherwise transmits any builders’ tools bought or received as a pledge, to any place outside the county in which the tools were so bought or so
• § 21553 — Every person referred to in this article shall each day, except legal holidays, deliver a full, true and complete copy of the register required to be kept by this article to the chief of police, city
• § 21554 — The report shall include references to all builders’ tools bought or received as a pledge or shipped or otherwise transmitted since the preceding report.
• § 21555 — If there is no police department in the municipality or district in which builders’ tools are bought or received in pledge, or from which they are shipped or otherwise transmitted, the report required
• § 21556 — Any person who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 21600 — As used in this article, “junk” means any and all secondhand and used machinery and all ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals and alloys, including any and all secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or
• § 21601 — As used in this article, “junk dealer” includes any person engaged in the business of buying, selling and dealing in junk, any person purchasing, gathering, collecting, soliciting or traveling about f
• § 21602 — As used in this article, “junk yard” includes any yard, plot, space, inclosure, building or any other place where junk is collected, stored, gathered together and kept.
• § 21603 — This article shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Secondhand furniture merchants.
• § 21604 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, this article does not apply to: (a) Any person who buys or sells junk acquired in the conduct of any business other than that of a junk dealer or recycler
• § 21605 — (a) Every junk dealer and every recycler in this state is hereby required to keep a written record of all sales and purchases made in the course of his or her business.
• § 21606 — (a) Every junk dealer and every recycler shall set out in the written record required by this article all of the following: (1) The place, date, time, and amount paid of each sale or purchase of junk
• § 21606.5 — Every junk dealer or recycler shall, during normal business hours, allow periodic inspection of any premises maintained and any junk thereon for the purpose of determining compliance with the recordke
• § 21607 — Every junk dealer and recycler shall preserve the written record required by this article for at least two years after making the final entry of any purchase or sale of junk or scrap metals and alloys
• § 21608 — (a) A junk dealer or recycler who fails in any respect to keep the written record required by this article, or to set out in that written record any matter required by this article to be set out there
• § 21608.3 — (a) Any unauthorized disclosure of personal identification information collected from a seller by a junk dealer or recycler is prohibited, and any such disclosure shall render the violator liable for
• § 21608.5 — (a) A junk dealer or recycler in this state shall not provide payment for nonferrous material unless, in addition to meeting the written record requirements of Sections 21605 and 21606, all of the fol
• § 21608.6 — (a) A junk dealer or recycler, as defined in subdivision (f), in this state shall not provide payment for newspaper, as defined in Section 538c of the Penal Code, or for California Redemption Value (C
• § 21608.7 — (a) A junk dealer or recycler shall request to receive theft alert notifications regarding the theft of commodity metals, including, but not limited to, ferrous metal, copper, brass, aluminum, nickel,
• § 21609 — (a) Whenever a peace officer has probable cause to believe that property in the possession of a junk dealer or recycler is stolen, in lieu of seizing the property, the peace officer as defined in subd
• § 21609.1 — (a) A junk dealer or recycler shall not possess any of the following material that was owned or previously owned by an agency, in the absence of a written certification on the letterhead of the agency
• § 21609.5 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no junk dealer or recycler may purchase or receive refillable stainless steel or aluminum alloy beer kegs marked with an indicia of ownership from any person
• § 21609.7 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d), a junk dealer or recycler shall not purchase bulk merchandise pallets marked with an indicia of ownership from any person or entity other than the i
• § 21610 — (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “core recycler” means a person or business, including a recycler o
• § 21625 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to curtail the dissemination of stolen property and to facilitate the recovery of stolen property by means of a uniform, statewide, state-a
• § 21626 — (a) A “secondhand dealer,” as used in this article, means and includes any person, copartnership, firm, or corporation whose business includes buying, selling, trading, taking in pawn, accepting for s
• § 21626.5 — “Secondhand dealer,” as used in this article, does not include either of the following: (a) Any person who performs the services of an auctioneer for a fee or salary.
• § 21627 — (a) As used in this article, “tangible personal property” means all secondhand tangible personal property that bears a serial number or personalized initials or inscription or that, at the time it is
• § 21627.5 — “CAPSS” means the California Pawn and SecondhandDealer System, which is a single, statewide, uniform electronic reporting system that receives secondhand dealer reports and is operated by the Departme
• § 21628 — (a) Every secondhand dealer or coin dealer described in Section 21626 shall report daily, or no later than the next business day excluding weekends and holidays after receipt or purchase of secondhand
• § 21628.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, the “department” shall mean the Department of Justice.
• § 21628.3 — In complying with the requirements of Section 21628, a secondhand dealer shall verify the identification of the seller or pledger for each transaction, not for each item that shall be reported.
• § 21628.5 — (a) Every business machine dealer shall report all used business machines which he has purchased, taken in trade, or accepted for sale or consignment, from an individual, to the chief of police or to
• § 21629 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to any tangible personal property which has been: (a) Acquired from another secondhand dealer; provided the secondhand dealer selling or trading the tang
• § 21629.5 — Notwithstanding Section 21629, the provisions of this article shall apply to any tangible personal property which has been acquired by a secondhand dealer with the understanding or expectation that su
• § 21630 — (a) A secondhand dealer or coin dealer shall electronically transmit to CAPSS no later than the next business day after the date of transaction excluding weekends and holidays or, if not then possible
• § 21631 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all tangible personal property that is found in the shop of a pawnbroker, secondhand dealer, or coin dealer, doing business under a California secondhand d
• § 21634 — The chief of police or the sheriff who receives a report on a form filed pursuant to the provisions of this article shall daily submit the original to the Department of Justice.
• § 21636 — (a) Every secondhand dealer and coin dealer shall retain in his or her possession for a period of 30 days all firearms reported under Section 21628.
• § 21636.1 — (a) Every secondhand dealer and coin dealer shall retain in his or her possession for a period of seven days all tangible personal property, as defined in Section 21627, reported pursuant to Sections
• § 21636.5 — No secondhand dealer or coin dealer shall promise a seller of tangible property that the seller may repurchase property sold to the secondhand dealer or coin dealer.
• § 21636.6 — It is unlawful for any person, who is required to be licensed under Section 21640, to publicly advertise any matter relating to the business for which the license is required without including the lic
• § 21637 — Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to excuse compliance with the provisions of any city, county, or city and county ordinance or any other state law pertaining to or covering the reporting, hold
• § 21638 — The provisions of this article shall not prohibit enactment, amendment, or enforcement by any city, county, or city and county of any local ordinance relating to a secondhand dealer or coin dealer whi
• § 21638.5 — Sections 21636, 21636.
• § 21640 — It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of secondhand dealer, as defined in Section 21626, without being licensed as provided in this article.
• § 21641 — (a) The chief of police, the sheriff, or, where appropriate, the police commission, shall accept an application for and grant a license permitting the licensee to engage in the business of secondhand
• § 21642 — (a) A license granted pursuant to Section 21641 shall be renewable the second year from the date of issue, and every other year thereafter, upon the filing of a renewal application and the payment of
• § 21642.5 — (a) The Department of Justice shall require each applicant for an initial license under Section 21641 of this code or Section 21300 of the Financial Code and each applicant for renewal of a license un
• § 21643 — No transactions that require reporting under Section 21628, or commencing July 1, 2010, Section 21628.
• § 21645 — A violation of any provision of this article under circumstances where a person knows or should have known that a violation was being committed is a misdemeanor punishable as follows: (a) For the firs
• § 21646 — The district attorney or the Attorney General, in the name of the people of the State of California, may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any provision of this ar
• § 21647 — (a) (1) If a peace officer has probable cause to believe that property, except coins, monetized bullion, or “commercial grade ingots” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 21627, in the possession
• § 21650 — As used in this article, “adequate evidence of authority to sell” is evidence from which a reasonable person would conclude that the person presenting the evidence is the owner of the item he is attem
• § 21651 — As used in this article, (a) “Junk dealer” has the meaning defined in Section 21601; and (b) “Secondhand dealer” has the meaning defined in Section 21626.
• § 21652 — Every junk dealer or secondhand dealer shall, before accepting for resale from any person any finished product, new item of finished or merchandisable quality, inventory item of new materials or finis
• § 21653 — Every junk dealer or secondhand dealer who resells any item acquired in violation of Section 21652 is guilty of a felony, if the value of the item exceeds nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), and is gui
• § 21660 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to require the reporting of personal property exchanged, sold, or offered for sale or exchange at swap meets, flea markets, and open-air ma
• § 21661 — (a) As used in this article, the term “swap meet” includes a flea market or an open-air market and means an event at which two or more persons offer merchandise for sale or exchange and that meets one
• § 21662 — The provisions of this article shall not apply to: (a) An event held not more than two times per calendar year that is organized for the exclusive benefit of any community chest, fund, foundation, ass
• § 21663 — (a) Except as provided in Section 21663.
• § 21663.1 — (a) A vendor selling or displaying new merchandise and a vendor holding a business license issued by a city, county, or city and county of this state are not required to comply with Section 21633 if t
• § 21664 — (a) The swap meet operator shall obtain sufficient blank forms from the Department of Justice at a cost not to exceed the actual cost to the department, or shall cause to be printed and be available s
• § 21665 — (a) Swap meet operators shall retain a copy of the reports collected by them for six months and shall make the copies available for inspection, upon request, by a peace officer as defined in Section 8
• § 21666 — (a) Upon request, a vendor shall provide the purchaser a written receipt disclosing the vendor’s name and address for any items purchased which has a selling price in excess of fifteen dollars ($15).
• § 21667 — A violation of any provision of this article, except subdivision (b) of Section 21666, is a misdemeanor and may be punishable by up to six months in county jail, a fine of fifty dollars ($50) for the
• § 21668 — A chief of police of a city or the sheriff of an area outside of the city may waive any requirement of this article for swap meet operators and vendors in the city or area outside of the city if the c
• § 21669 — (a) All swap meets which are conducted two or more times per calendar year on any premises or property owned or leased by any city, county, city and county, state, or any other local governmental agen
• § 21669.1 — In addition to the requirements specified in subdivision (a) of Section 21669, all swap meets conducted on the premises or property of a state or local governmental entity that has or expects to have
• § 21670 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Altered or refurbished” means repair work which has been performed to enhance the value of the sports trading card as a collectible.
• § 21671 — (a) Any sports trading card that is altered or refurbished shall be accompanied by a certificate stating the exact work done to the sports trading card, the date the work was performed, the cost of th
• § 21672 — (a) Any person, or agent thereof, who knowingly manufactures, produces, or distributes unlicensed or counterfeit sports trading cards with the intent to deceive, injure, or defraud another, is guilty
• § 2168 — (a) (1) A special faculty permit authorizes the holder to practice medicine only within the medical school itself, any affiliated institution of the medical school, or an academic medical center and a
• § 2168.1 — (a) Any person who meets all of the following eligibility requirements may apply for a special faculty permit: (1) Is academically eminent.
• § 2168.2 — An application for a special faculty permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the board and shall include any information that the board may prescribe to establish an applicant’s eligibility for a
• § 2168.3 — A special faculty permit may be denied, suspended, or revoked for any violation that would be grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of a physician and surgeon’s certificate, or for violation o
• § 2168.4 — (a) A special faculty permit expires and becomes invalid at midnight on the last day of the month in which the permit was issued during the second year of a two-year term commencing from the date of i
• § 2168.5 — A holder of a special faculty permit issued before January 1, 2021, who practices medicine pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 2168 at an academic medical center, as defined in subdivision (a) of S
• § 2169 — A person who holds a special faculty permit shall meet the continuing medical education requirements set forth in Article 10 (commencing with Section 2190).
• § 2170 — (a) All applicants for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate shall take the examination provided for in this article unless provisions of this chapter otherwise provide.
• § 21700 — This act shall be known as the “California Self-Service Storage Facility Act.
• § 21701 — For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Self-service storage facility” means real property designed and used for the purpose of renting or leasing
• § 21701.1 — (a) The owner or operator of a self-service storage facility or a household goods carrier, may, for a fee, transport individual storage containers to and from a self-service storage facility that he o
• § 21702 — The owner of a self-service storage facility and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns have a lien upon all personal property located at a self-service storage facility
• § 21702.5 — (a) Any lien on a vehicle or vessel subject to registration or identification under the Vehicle Code that has attached and is set forth in the documents of title to the vehicle or vessel shall have pr
• § 21703 — If any part of the rent or other charges due from an occupant remain unpaid for 14 consecutive days, an owner may terminate the right of the occupant to the use of the storage space at a self-service
• § 21704 — A notice in substantially the following form shall satisfy the requirements of Section 21703: PRELIMINARY LIEN NOTICE TO (occupant) (address) (state) You owe and have not paid rent and/or other charge
• § 21705 — (a) If the notice has been sent as required by Section 21703 and the total sum due has not been paid by the termination date specified in the preliminary lien notice, the lien imposed by this chapter
• § 21706 — If a declaration in opposition to the lien sale, executed under penalty of perjury, is not received by the owner on or prior to the date specified in the notice of lien sale by certified mail, is not
• § 21707 — (a) (1) After the expiration of the time given in the notice of lien sale, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 21705, or following the failure of a claimant to pay rent or obtain a court order purs
• § 21708 — Any person who has a perfected security interest under Division 9 (commencing with Section 9101) of the Commercial Code may claim any personal property subject to the security interest and subject to
• § 21709 — Prior to any sale pursuant to Section 21707, any person claiming a right to the goods may pay the amount necessary to satisfy the lien together with one month’s rent in advance.
• § 2171 — All examinations shall be designed to ascertain the applicant’s fitness to practice medicine.
• § 21710 — (a) If a valid declaration in opposition to lien sale is received by the owner prior to the date set forth in the notice of lien sale, the owner may enforce the lien only as follows: (1) File an actio
• § 21711 — A purchaser in good faith of goods sold to enforce a lien or a judgment entered on the lien in favor of the owner on goods stored at a self-service storage facility takes the goods free of any rights
• § 21712 — (a) Each contract for the rental or lease of individual storage space in a self-service storage facility shall be in writing and shall contain, in addition to the provisions otherwise required or perm
• § 21712.3 — (a) (1) The owner shall give written notice to the occupant prior to the termination or nonrenewal of the rental agreement.
• § 21712.4 — (a) A notice given to the former occupant that is in substantially the following form satisfies the requirements of Section 21712.
• § 21712.6 — The personal property described in the notice shall either be left at the self-service storage facility or be stored by the owner in a place of safekeeping until the owner either releases the property
• § 21712.7 — (a) The personal property described in the notice shall be released by the owner to the former occupant if the former occupant pays the rent and takes possession of the property not later than the dat
• § 21712.8 — (a) If the personal property described in the notice is not released pursuant to Section 21712.
• § 21713 — This chapter shall not be construed to impair or affect the right of the parties to create additional rights, duties, and obligations in and by virtue of the rental agreement, including, but not limit
• § 21713.5 — (a) The owner of a self-service storage facility may assess a reasonable late payment fee if an occupant does not pay the entire amount of the rental fee specified in the rental agreement, subject to
• § 21714 — The provisions of this chapter shall only apply to rental agreements entered into, or extended, or renewed after the effective date of this chapter.
• § 21715 — All rental agreements entered into before the effective date of this chapter, and not extended or renewed after that date, and the rights, duties, and interests flowing from them, shall remain valid,
• § 21715.2 — (a) A rental agreement shall disclose, in the manner described in subdivision (b), all of the following: (1) The initial length and renewal term of the rental agreement.
• § 21715.5 — The owner may, upon the expiration of a period of at least 30 days from giving notice in writing to the occupant by personal delivery, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the last known address o
• § 21716 — If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, which can
• § 2175 — State examination records shall be kept on file by the board until June 1, 2070.
• § 21750 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Copyright owner” means the owner of a copyright of a nondramatic musical work recognized and enforceable under the copyright laws of
• § 21751 — No copyright owner or performing rights society may enter into, or offer to enter into, a contract for the payment of royalties by a proprietor unless at least 72 hours prior to the execution of that
• § 21751.5 — A performing rights society shall make available electronically to proprietors the most current available list of the members and affiliates represented by the performing rights society and the most c
• § 21752 — A contract for the payment of royalties executed in this state shall: (a) Be in writing.
• § 21753 — (a) No representative or agent of a performing rights society may do any of the following: (1) Discuss with the proprietor or the proprietor’s employee, a contract for payment of royalties by a propri
• § 21754 — A person who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this act is liable for a civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.
• § 21755 — A proprietor may bring an action or assert a counterclaim against a copyright owner or performing rights society to enjoin any violation of this chapter and to recover any damages sustained by the pro
• § 21756 — The rights, remedies, and prohibitions accorded by this chapter are in addition to any other right, remedy, or prohibition accorded by law.
• § 21757 — This chapter does not apply to contracts between copyright owners or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.
• § 21758 — This chapter does not apply to conduct engaged in while enforcing Section 653w of the Penal Code.
• § 2176 — Examinations for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate may be conducted by the Division of Licensing under a uniform examination system, and for that purpose the division may make such arrangements
• § 2177 — (a) A passing score is required for an entire examination or for each part of an examination, as established by resolution of the board.
• § 2179 — The Division of Licensing shall insure that nutrition is included on the examination for a certificate as a physician and surgeon.
• § 21800 — (a) Every person who manufactures an optical disc for commercial purposes shall permanently mark each manufactured optical disc with an identification mark that identifies the name of the manufacturer
• § 21801 — (a) No person who manufactures optical discs for commercial purposes shall (1) possess, own, control, or operate manufacturing equipment or any optical disc mold unless it has been adapted to apply th
• § 21802 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Commercial purposes” means the manufacture of at least 10 of the same or different optical discs in a 180-day
• § 21803 — (a) Law enforcement officers are authorized to perform inspections at commercial optical disc manufacturing facilities to verify compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
• § 21804 — Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any manufacturer of optical discs who violates this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dolla
• § 21805 — Any person who buys, sells, receives, transfers, or possesses for purposes of sale or rental an optical disc knowing that the identification mark required by this chapter has been removed, defaced, co
• § 21806 — Any person who knowingly removes, defaces, covers, alters, or destroys the identification mark required by this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a ter
• § 21807 — (a) Every person who manufactures optical discs for commercial purposes shall keep full and accurate records of its manufacturing equipment, and shall make them available to law enforcement for inspec
• § 2183 — An applicant for a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate shall pass the national examination for medical licensure in biomedical sciences and clinical sciences, including geriatric medicine, determine
• § 2184 — (a) Each applicant shall obtain on the written examination a passing score, established by the board pursuant to Section 2177.
• § 2186 — An applicant who is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners shall not be required to take the written examination prescribed by this article, provided such applicant meets the requireme
• § 2190 — In order to ensure the continuing competence of licensed physicians and surgeons, the board shall adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees.
• § 2190.1 — (a) The continuing medical education standards of Section 2190 may be met by educational activities that meet the standards of the board and that serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge,
• § 2190.15 — Notwithstanding Section 2190.
• § 2190.2 — The Division of Licensing shall establish criteria that providers of continuing medical education shall follow to ensure attendance by licensees throughout the entire course.
• § 2190.3 — All general internists and family physicians who have a patient population of which over 25 percent are 65 years of age or older shall complete at least 20 percent of all mandatory continuing educatio
• § 2190.5 — (a) (1) All physicians and surgeons shall complete a mandatory continuing education course in the subjects of pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patients.
• § 2190.6 — (a) As an alternative to Section 2190.
• § 2191 — (a) In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in human sexuality, defined as the study of a human being as a sexual being and how they function
• § 2191.1 — The Division of Licensing shall encourage every physician and surgeon to take a course in pharmacology and pharmaceuticals as part of his or her continuing education.
• § 2191.2 — The division shall encourage every physician and surgeon to take a course in geriatric medicine, including geriatric pharmacology, as part of his or her continuing education.
• § 2191.4 — The board, in determining its continuing education requirements, shall consider including a course in integrating HIV/AIDS pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) medicatio
• § 2191.5 — In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in integrating mental and physical health care in primary care settings, especially as it pertains to
• § 2191.6 — In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in infection-associated chronic conditions, including, but not limited to, long COVID, as defined by t
• § 2196 — The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of child abuse and neglect to each licensed physician and surgeon and to
• § 2196.1 — The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of elder abuse and neglect to each licensed physician and surgeon and to
• § 2196.2 — The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding pain management techniques and procedures, including the risks of addiction associated with the use
• § 2196.5 — The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding the detection and treatment of spousal or partner abuse to each licensed physician and surgeon and to each gener
• § 2196.6 — The board shall periodically disseminate information and educational material regarding the prevention and treatment of chronic disease by the application of changes in nutrition and lifestyle behavio
• § 2196.7 — The board shall convene a working group of interested parties to discuss nutrition and lifestyle behavior for the prevention and treatment of chronic disease at one of its quarterly meetings within th
• § 2196.8 — The board shall periodically develop and disseminate information and educational material regarding assessing a patient’s risk of abusing or diverting controlled substances and information relating to
• § 2196.9 — (a) In determining its continuing education requirements for physicians and surgeons, the board shall consider including a course in maternal mental health, which shall address the following: (1) Best
• § 2198 — (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Physicians Act of 2003.
• § 2198.1 — For purposes of this article, “cultural and linguistic competency” means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including, bu
• § 22 — “Board,” as used in any provision of this code, refers to the board in which the administration of the provision is vested, and unless otherwise expressly provided, shall include “bureau,” “commission
• § 22100 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions set forth in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 22101 — “Article” means any article of merchandise, and includes each and every portion of any such article whether or not such portion is separable or is a distinct part thereof.
• § 22102 — “Mark” means any mark, sign, device, imprint, stamp or brand applied to any article or to any tag, card, paper, label, box, carton, container, holder, package cover or wrapping attached to, used in co
• § 22103 — “Apply,” “applies” or “applied” mean imprint, emboss or engrave on the article itself and not otherwise.
• § 22104 — “Person” includes a firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, and corporation.
• § 22120 — The provisions of this article shall apply exclusively to the following metals and to the alloys of each: (a) Platinum (b) Iridium (c) Palladium (d) Ruthenium (e) Rhodium (f) Osmium.
• § 22121 — “Quality mark” is any mark describing, identifying or referring to or appearing or seeming or purporting to indicate, describe, identify or refer to the partial or total presence or existence of, or t
• § 22122 — No more than one quality mark shall be applied to any article and such quality mark shall be applied to such article in only one place thereof, except as otherwise in this article specifically permitt
• § 22123 — If an article is composed of mechanism, works or movements and of a case or cover containing the mechanism, works or movements, a quality mark applied to the article shall not apply to the mechanism,
• § 22124 — A quality mark applied to any article shall not apply to springs, winding bars, sleeves, crown cores, mechanical joint pins, screws, rivets, dustbands, detachable movement rims, hat-pin stems, bracele
• § 22125 — If a quality mark is applied to an article in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (e) of Section 22128, it shall not apply to pin tongues, joints, catches, lapel button backs and posts to wh
• § 22126 — If a quality mark is printed, stamped or branded on any article itself, the person so applying such mark shall also apply a trade-mark duly applied for or registered to him under the laws of the Unite
• § 22127 — Wherever in this article provision is made for marking the number of parts or percentage of metals in any article such number or percentage shall refer to weight and not to volume, thickness or any ot
• § 22128 — No quality mark shall be applied to any article except in accordance with the following provisions of this section: (a) An article consisting of at least 985/1000ths parts of platinum, iridium, pallad
• § 22129 — Abbreviations.
• § 22130 — In any action relating to the enforcement of any provision of this article, a certificate duly issued by an assay office of the Treasury Department of the United States, certifying the weight of any a
• § 22131 — In any action relating to the enforcement of any provision of this article, proof that an article has been marked in violation of the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be prima facie proof
• § 22132 — Any person or any officer, director, employee or agent of any person who makes, sells, or offers to sell, or dispose of, or has in his possession, with intent to sell or dispose of any article to whic
• § 2215 — The Legislature finds and declares that in this state, significant surgeries are being performed in unregulated out-of-hospital settings.
• § 2216 — On or after July 1, 1996, no physician and surgeon shall perform procedures in an outpatient setting using anesthesia, except local anesthesia or peripheral nerve blocks, or both, complying with the c
• § 2216.1 — On and after July 1, 2000, it is unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon to perform procedures in any outpatient setting except in compliance with Section 2216, unless the setting has a min
• § 2216.2 — (a) It is unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon to fail to provide adequate security by liability insurance, or by participation in an interindemnity trust, for claims by patients arising
• § 2216.3 — (a) An outpatient setting accredited pursuant to Section 1248.
• § 2216.4 — If an accredited outpatient setting fails to report an adverse event pursuant to Section 2216.
• § 2217 — The Division of Licensing of the Medical Board of California may adopt regulations to implement this article and Chapter 1.