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.

• § 26120 — (a) Prior to delivery or sale at a retailer, cannabis and cannabis products shall be labeled and placed in a tamper-evident, child-resistant package and shall include a unique identifier for the purpo
• § 26121 — (a) On or before July 1, 2025, the department shall reevaluate regulations adopted pursuant to Section 26120 to determine whether any additional warnings are necessary to reflect evolving science and
• § 26122 — (a) A cannabis cartridge or integrated cannabis vaporizer that contains cannabis or a cannabis product shall bear the universal symbol described in paragraph (7) of subdivision (c) of Section 26130.
• § 2613 — The board may appoint qualified persons to give the whole or any portion of any examination as provided in this chapter, who shall be designated as a commissioner on examination.
• § 26130 — (a) The department shall promulgate regulations governing the licensing of cannabis manufacturers and standards for the manufacturing, packaging, and labeling of all manufactured cannabis products.
• § 26131 — Standards for the production, packaging, and labeling of all cannabis products developed by the department apply to all licensed manufacturers and microbusinesses, and nonprofits licensed under Sectio
• § 26132 — Manufacturing Level 2 licensees shall enact sufficient methods or procedures to capture or otherwise limit risk of explosion, combustion, or any other unreasonably dangerous risk to public safety crea
• § 2614 — The board shall hear all matters, including, but not limited to, any contested case or any petition for reinstatement, restoration, or modification of probation.
• § 26140 — (a) An A-licensee shall not: (1) Sell cannabis or cannabis products to persons under 21 years of age.
• § 2615 — The board shall adopt those regulations as may be necessary to effectuate this chapter.
• § 26150 — For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Advertise” means the publication or dissemination of an advertisement.
• § 26151 — (a) (1) All advertisements and marketing shall accurately and legibly identify the licensee responsible for its content, by adding, at a minimum, the licensee’s license number.
• § 26152 — A person engaged in commercial cannabis activity, whether licensed or unlicensed, shall not do any of the following: (a) Advertise or market in a manner that is false or untrue in any material particu
• § 26152.1 — (a) (1) Advertisement and marketing of an integrated cannabis vaporizer, as defined in Section 26122, shall prominently provide in a clear and legible fashion: “An empty integrated cannabis vaporizer
• § 26152.2 — (a) The Attorney General, on behalf of the people, a city attorney, or a county counsel may bring and maintain an action to redress a violation of subdivisions (d), (e), (f), and (g) of Section 26152,
• § 26153 — (a) A licensee shall not give away any amount of cannabis or cannabis products, or any cannabis accessories, as part of a business promotion or other commercial activity.
• § 26153.1 — (a) The Department of Cannabis Control shall adopt regulations to establish a process authorizing licensees to designate cannabis or cannabis products as a trade sample at any time while the cannabis
• § 26154 — A licensee shall not include on the label of any cannabis or cannabis product or publish or disseminate advertising or marketing containing any health-related statement that is untrue in any particula
• § 26155 — (a) The provisions of subdivision (g) of Section 26152 shall not apply to the placement of advertising signs inside a licensed premises and which are not visible by normal unaided vision from a public
• § 26156 — The requirements of Section 5272 apply to this division.
• § 26160 — (a) A licensee shall keep accurate records of commercial cannabis activity.
• § 26161 — (a) Every sale or transport of cannabis or cannabis products from one licensee to another licensee must be recorded on a sales invoice or receipt.
• § 26161.5 — (a) A licensee shall not disclose a consumer’s personal information to a third party, except to the extent necessary to allow responsibility for payment to be determined and payment to be made or if t
• § 26162 — (a) Information identifying the names of patients, their medical conditions, or the names of their primary caregivers received and contained in records kept by the office or the department for the pur
• § 26162.5 — (a) Identification cards issued pursuant to Section 11362.
• § 26163 — (a) The department shall, upon the request of the CalSavers Retirement Savings Board, furnish to the board, as applicable, the following information with respect to every licensee: (1) Licensee.
• § 26180 — The department shall establish a scale of application, licensing, and renewal fees, based upon the cost of enforcing this division, as follows: (a) The department shall charge each licensee a licensur
• § 26180.5 — No later than January 1, 2018, the Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing or his or her designee shall initiate work with the Legislature, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Depart
• § 26181 — The State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other agencies may establish fees to cover the costs of their cannabis programs.
• § 26190 — Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the department’s activities, in compliance
• § 26190.5 — The department shall contract with the California Cannabis Research Program, known as the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, and formerly known as the California Marijuana Research Program, autho
• § 26191 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2022, and by January 1 triennially thereafter, the Office of State Audits and Evaluations within the Department of Finance shall conduct a performance audit of the department
• § 2620 — (a) Physical therapy means the art and science of physical or corrective rehabilitation or of physical or corrective treatment of any bodily or mental condition of any person by the use of the physica
• § 2620.1 — (a) In addition to receiving those services authorized by Section 2620, a person may initiate physical therapy treatment directly from a licensed physical therapist if the treatment is within the scop
• § 2620.3 — A physical therapist licensed pursuant to this chapter may apply topical medications as part of the practice of physical therapy as defined in Section 2620 if he or she complies with regulations duly
• § 2620.5 — A physical therapist may, upon specified authorization of a physician and surgeon, perform tissue penetration for the purpose of evaluating neuromuscular performance as a part of the practice of physi
• § 2620.7 — (a) Patient records shall be documented as required in regulations promulgated by the board.
• § 26200 — (a) (1) Except as set forth in the Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act (Chapter 26 (commencing with Section 26320)), this division shall not be interpreted to supersede or limit the autho
• § 26201 — Any standards, requirements, and regulations regarding health and safety, environmental protection, testing, security, food safety, and worker protections established by the state shall be the minimum
• § 26202 — (a) A local jurisdiction may enforce this division and the regulations promulgated by the department if delegated the power to do so by the department.
• § 2621 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a physical therapist to practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as authorized by Section 2620.
• § 26210 — (a) The Marijuana Control Fund, formerly known as the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act Fund and the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act Fund, is hereby renamed the Cannabis Control F
• § 26210.5 — By July 1, 2018, the Bureau of Cannabis Control, in coordination with the Department of General Services, shall establish an office to collect fees and taxes in the County of Humboldt, County of Trini
• § 26211 — (a) Funds for the initial establishment and support of the regulatory activities under this division, including the public information program described in subdivision (c), and for the activities of t
• § 2622 — (a) A physical therapist shall be responsible for managing all aspects of the care of each patient as set forth in regulations promulgated by the board.
• § 26220 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 26220.1 — “Association” means any cannabis cooperative that is organized pursuant to this chapter.
• § 26220.2 — “Member” includes members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations that are organized with shares of stock.
• § 26220.3 — “Cannabis product” includes any cannabis associated with a licensed cultivator.
• § 26222 — The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following: (a) Promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of cannabis product through cooperation.
• § 26222.1 — An exemption under law that applies to a cannabis product in the possession, or under the control, of the individual cultivator, shall apply similarly and completely to the cannabis product that is de
• § 26222.2 — A person, firm, corporation, or association, that is hereafter organized or doing business in this state, may not use the word “cannabis cooperative” as part of its corporate name or other business na
• § 26222.3 — An association that is organized pursuant to this chapter shall not conspire in restraint of trade, or serve as an illegal monopoly, attempt to lessen competition, or to fix prices in violation of law
• § 26222.4 — The marketing contracts and agreements between an association that is organized pursuant to this chapter and its members and any agreements authorized in this chapter shall not result in restraint of
• § 26222.5 — The General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code) applies to each association that is organized pursuant to this chapter, except where those pr
• § 26222.6 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1500) of Title 10 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not apply to a proprietary interest in an association orga
• § 26223 — (a) Three or more natural persons, who are engaged in the cultivation of any cannabis product, may form an association pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of engaging in any activity in connectio
• § 26224 — The articles of incorporation of an association shall show that the signers of the articles of incorporation are engaged in the cultivation of cannabis products, and that they propose to incorporate a
• § 26224.1 — Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed in the manner that is prescribed by the general laws of this state for domestic corporations.
• § 26224.2 — The articles of incorporation of any association may be amended in the manner and for the purposes which are authorized by the General Corporation Law, Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Titl
• § 26225 — Each association shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management, a code of bylaws, consistent with this chapter.
• § 26225.1 — The bylaws may prescribe the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting its meetings.
• § 26225.2 — The bylaws may prescribe the number of stockholders, directors, or members that constitutes a quorum.
• § 26225.3 — The bylaws may prescribe the following: (a) The right of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail or both, and the conditions, manner, form, and effects of those votes.
• § 26225.4 — (a) The bylaws may prescribe the qualifications, compensation, duties, and term of office of directors and officers and the time of their election.
• § 26225.5 — The bylaws may prescribe penalties for violations of the bylaws.
• § 26225.6 — The bylaws may prescribe the amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any, the manner and method of collection of the fees, and the purposes for which they may be used.
• § 26225.7 — The bylaws may prescribe the amount that each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually, or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association, the charge, if any,
• § 26225.8 — The bylaws may prescribe the amount of dividends, if any, that may be declared on the stock or membership capital.
• § 26225.9 — The bylaws may prescribe any of the following: (a) The number and qualification of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock.
• § 26225.95 — (a) The bylaws may prescribe any of the following: (1) The manner of determining the value of a member’s interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a me
• § 26226 — The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors who are elected by the members or stockholders.
• § 26226.1 — The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that directors shall be elected from the several districts.
• § 26226.2 — The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held to nominate directors.
• § 26226.3 — The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts, and that the directors shall be elected by representatives or advisers, who themselves h
• § 26226.4 — The bylaws may provide that one or more directors may be chosen by a public official or commission or by the other directors selected by the members.
• § 26226.5 — The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to the committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board.
• § 26226.6 — An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time that is actually spent by its officers and directors in its service and for the service of the members of its executive committee.
• § 26226.7 — If a vacancy on the board of directors occurs, except by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy, unless the bylaws provide for an election o
• § 26226.8 — (a) The directors shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as may be prescribed by the bylaws.
• § 26226.9 — (a) A member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition that is signed by 5 percent of the members, whic
• § 26227 — An association may engage in any activity in connection with the growing, harvesting, curing, drying, trimming, packing, grading, storing, or handling of any cannabis product that is produced or deliv
• § 26227.1 — An association may borrow without limitation as to the amount of corporate indebtedness or liability and may make advances to members.
• § 26227.2 — An association may act as the agent or representative of any member or members in any of the activities specified in Section 26226.
• § 26227.3 — An association may purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, and exercise all rights of ownership in, sell, transfer, pledge, or guarantee the payment of dividends or interest on, or the retirement or
• § 26227.4 — An association may establish reserves and invest the funds of the reserves in bonds or in other property as may be provided in the bylaws.
• § 26227.5 — An association may buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership over such real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conduct and operation of, or incidental to, the bus
• § 26227.6 — An association may levy assessments in the manner and in the amount as may be provided in its bylaws.
• § 26227.7 — An association may do any of the following anywhere: (a) That which is what is necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment of a purpose, or the attainment of an object, that is enumerated in
• § 26227.75 — An association may use or employ any of its facilities for any purpose, provided the proceeds that arise from such use and employment shall go to reduce the cost of operation for its members.
• § 26227.8 — (a) An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other association, with or without capital stock, that is engaged in growing, har
• § 26227.9 — (a) Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations and arrangements
• § 26228 — An association is not subject in any manner to the terms of the Corporate Securities Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000) of Title 4 of the Corporations Code), and any association may issue
• § 26228.1 — If an association issues nonpar value stock, the issuance of the stock shall be governed by the terms of all general laws that cover the issuance of nonpar value stock in domestic corporations.
• § 26228.2 — If an association with preferred shares of stock purchases the stock or any property, or any interest in any property of any person, it may discharge the obligations that are so incurred, wholly or in
• § 26228.3 — The board of directors of every association shall cause to be sent to the members of the association not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year an annual report of the oper
• § 26229 — Under the terms and conditions that are prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, an association may admit as members or issue common stock only to persons engaged in the cultivation of a cannabis produ
• § 26229.1 — If a member of a nonstock association is other than a natural person, the member may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, or manager or member of it, who is duly authorized in writing
• § 26229.2 — Any association may become a member or stockholder of any other association.
• § 26229.3 — If a member of an association that is established without shares of stock has paid his membership fee in full, he or she shall receive a certificate of membership.
• § 26229.4 — An association shall not issue a certificate for stock to a member until it has been fully paid for.
• § 26229.5 — An association, in its bylaws, may limit the amount of common stock that any member may own.
• § 26229.6 — The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock or membership certificates of the associations to a person that is not qualified to be a shareholder or member as specified in this chapter.
• § 26229.7 — The association may, at any time, as specified in the bylaws, except when the debts of the association exceed 50 percent of its assets, buy in or purchase its common stock at the book value of the com
• § 26229.8 — A member or stockholder is not liable for the debts of the association to an amount that exceeds the sum that remains unpaid on his membership fee or his subscription to the capital stock, including a
• § 2623 — The board may, by regulation, prescribe, amend, or repeal any rules contained within a code of professional conduct appropriate to the establishment and maintenance of integrity and dignity in the pro
• § 26230 — The association and its members may make and execute marketing contracts that require the members to sell, for any period of time, but not over 15 years, all or a specified part of a cannabis product
• § 26230.1 — Notwithstanding any provisions of the Civil Code, a contract that is entered into by a member or stockholder of an association that provides for the delivery to the association of a cannabis product t
• § 26230.2 — The bylaws or a marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the member or stockholder to the association upon the breach by him or her of any provision of the market
• § 26230.3 — If there is a breach or threatened breach of a marketing contract by a member, the association shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent the further breach of the contract and to a decree of speci
• § 26231 — A corporation that is organized or existing pursuant to any law except Part 12 (commencing with Section 14550) of Division 3 of Title 1 of the Corporations Code may be brought under the provisions of
• § 26231.1 — Articles of incorporation shall be deemed to conform to this chapter within the meaning of Section 26231 if it clearly appears from the articles of incorporation that the corporation desires to be sub
• § 26231.2 — If the amended articles conform, as provided in Section 26231.
• § 26240 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Eligible local jurisdiction” means a local jurisdiction that demonstrates an intent to develop a local program or that has adopted o
• § 26242 — (a) The department may provide technical assistance to a local equity program that helps local equity applicants or local equity licensees.
• § 26244 — (a) (1) An eligible local jurisdiction may, in the form and manner prescribed by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, submit an application to the Governor’s Office of Business
• § 26246 — (a) To facilitate greater equity in business ownership and employment in the cannabis market, the department shall serve as a point of contact for local equity programs.
• § 26248 — (a) On or before July 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development shall submit a report to the Legislature regarding the progress of local equity progr
• § 26249 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 26012 and 26180: (1) On or before January 1, 2022, the department shall develop and implement a program to provide waivers for application fees, licensing fees, and renewa
• § 26250 — The provisions of this chapter are severable.
• § 26260 — (a) An entity that receives deposits, extends credit, conducts fund transfers, transports cash or financial instruments, or provides other financial services does not commit a crime under any Californ
• § 26261 — An individual or firm, that is licensed by the Department of Insurance pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 1621), Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1760), or Chapter 8 (commencing with Sec
• § 2630 — It is unlawful for any person or persons to practice, or offer to practice, physical therapy in this state for compensation received or expected, or to hold himself or herself out as a physical therap
• § 2630.3 — (a) A licensed physical therapist assistant holding a valid, unexpired, and unrevoked physical therapist assistant license may assist in the provision of physical therapy services only under the super
• § 2630.4 — (a) A “physical therapy aide” is an unlicensed person, at least 18 years of age, who aids a licensed physical therapist consistent with subdivision (b).
• § 2630.5 — The following persons are exempt from the licensure requirements of this chapter when engaged in the following activities: (a) A regularly matriculated physical therapist student undertaking a course
• § 26300 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Agreement” means an agreement relating to commercial cannabis authorized under this chapter and entered into between this state and anoth
• § 26301 — (a) The Governor may enter into an agreement with another state or states authorizing medicinal or adult-use commercial cannabis activity, or both, between entities licensed under the laws of the cont
• § 26302 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a foreign licensee may engage in commercial cannabis activity with a state licensee and a state licensee may engage in commercial cannabis activity with a foreign li
• § 26303 — (a) An agreement shall require that the contracting state impose requirements on foreign licensees with regard to cannabis and cannabis products to be sold or otherwise transferred or distributed with
• § 26304 — (a) An agreement shall include provisions requiring the department and the appropriate regulatory authorities of the contracting state to address public health and welfare emergencies concerning canna
• § 26305 — An agreement shall include provisions determined by the Governor to promote the inclusion and support of individuals and communities in the cannabis industry who are linked to populations or neighborh
• § 26306 — An agreement shall provide for collection of all applicable taxes.
• § 26307 — The Governor is exempt from the rulemaking procedures and requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.
• § 26308 — (a) An agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter shall not take effect unless one of the following occurs: (1) Federal law is amended to allow for the interstate transfer of cannabis or cannabis
• § 26320 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Access to medicinal cannabis is an integral aspect of access to health care, and eliminating barriers to medicinal cannabis access is essential to pr
• § 26321 — (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Medicinal Cannabis Patients’ Right of Access Act.
• § 26322 — (a) A local jurisdiction shall not adopt or enforce any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of medicinal cannabis to medicinal cannabis patients or thei
• § 26323 — (a) This chapter may be enforced by an action brought pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1084) of Title 1 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure by any of the following parties, who shal
• § 26324 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability or right of a local jurisdiction to regulate adult-use cannabis pursuant to Section 26200.
• § 26325 — This chapter addresses a matter of statewide concern and not a municipal affair, as that term is used in Section 5 of Article XI of the California Constitution.
• § 2633 — (a) A person holding a license as a physical therapist issued by the board may use the title “physical therapist” or the letters “P.
• § 2633.5 — (a) Only a person licensed as a physical therapist assistant by the board may use the title “physical therapist assistant” or “physical therapy assistant” or the letters “PTA” or any other words, lett
• § 2633.7 — During a period of clinical practice described in Section 2650 or in any similar period of observation of related educational experience involving recipients of physical therapy, a person so engaged s
• § 2634 — The board may investigate each and every applicant for a license, before a license is issued, in order to determine whether or not the applicant has in fact the qualifications required by this chapter
• § 2635 — Every applicant for a license under this chapter shall, at the time of application, be a person over 18 years of age, not addicted to alcohol or any controlled substance, have successfully completed t
• § 2636 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person shall receive a license under this chapter without first successfully passing the following examinations, where success is determined based
• § 2636.5 — (a) An applicant may be issued a license without a written examination if he or she meets all of the following: (1) He or she is at the time of application licensed as a physical therapist or physical
• § 2638 — Any applicant for licensure as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who fails to pass the examination required by the board may retake the licensing examination and shall pay the reexa
• § 2639 — (a) (1) Every graduate of an approved physical therapy education program who has filed a complete application, as defined in regulation, for licensure with the board and has been awarded either physic
• § 2639.1 — A person having, in the opinion of the board, training or experience, or a combination of training and experience, equivalent to that obtained in an approved physical therapist assistant education pro
• § 2644 — (a) Every license issued under this chapter shall expire at 12 a.
• § 2645 — At least 60 days before the expiration of any license, the board shall mail to each licensee under this chapter, at the latest address furnished by the licensee to the board, a notice stating the amou
• § 2646 — A license that has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by applying for renewal as set forth in Section 2644.
• § 2647 — A person who fails to renew his or her license within five years after its expiration may not renew it, and it shall not be reissued, reinstated, or restored thereafter.
• § 2648 — (a) A licensee is exempt from the payment of the renewal fee while engaged in full-time training or active service in the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, or Coast Guard, or in the United
• § 2648.3 — A licensee who demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that he or she is unable to practice, or assist in the provision of, physical therapy due to a disability may request a waiver of the licen
• § 2648.5 — (a) The renewal fee shall be waived for licensees residing in California who certify to the board that license renewal is for the sole purpose of providing voluntary, unpaid physical therapy services.
• § 2649 — (a) A person renewing his or her license shall submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during the preceding two years, he or she has completed the required number of continuing education hours es
• § 2650 — (a) The physical therapist education requirements are as follows: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each applicant for a license as a physical therapist shall be a graduate of a profes
• § 2651 — The board shall approve only those physical therapist and physical therapist assistant education programs that prove to the satisfaction of the board that they comply with the minimum physical therapi
• § 2653 — An applicant for a license as a physical therapist who has graduated from a physical therapist education program that is not approved by the board and is not located in the United States shall do all
• § 2654 — If an applicant who has graduated from a physical therapist education program that is not approved by the board and is not located in the United States does not qualify to take the physical therapist
• § 2660 — Unprofessional conduct constitutes grounds for citation, discipline, denial of a license, or issuance of a probationary license.
• § 2660.1 — A patient, client, or customer of a licentiate under this chapter is conclusively presumed to be incapable of giving free, full, and informed consent to any sexual activity which is a violation of Sec
• § 2660.2 — (a) The board may refuse a license to any applicant guilty of unprofessional conduct or sexual activity referred to in Section 2660.
• § 2660.3 — In lieu of filing or prosecuting a formal accusation against a licensee, the board may, upon stipulation or agreement by the licensee, issue a public letter of reprimand after it has conducted an inve
• § 2660.4 — A licensee who fails or refuses to comply with a request from the board for the medical records of a patient, that is accompanied by that patient’s written authorization for release of records to the
• § 2660.5 — The board shall deny a physical therapist license or physical therapist assistant license to an applicant who is required to register pursuant to Section 290 of the Penal Code.
• § 2660.7 — In addition to the penalties prescribed by Section 123, if the board determines that an applicant for licensure or a licensee has engaged, or has attempted to engage, in conduct that subverts or under
• § 2660.8 — A licensee whose matter has been heard by an administrative law judge of the Medical Quality Hearing Panel as designated in Section 11371 of the Government Code, or whose default has been entered or w
• § 2661 — A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this article.
• § 2661.5 — (a) In any order issued in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding before the board, the board may request the administrative law judge to direct any licensee found guilty of unprofessional conduct to
• § 2661.6 — (a) The board shall establish a probation monitoring program to monitor probationary licenses.
• § 2661.7 — (a) A person whose license has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, may petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, including modification or terminatio
• § 2662 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the board shall seek ways and means to identify and rehabilitate physical therapists and physical therapist assistants whose competency is impaired due to abus
• § 2663 — The board shall establish and administer a substance abuse rehabilitation program, hereafter referred to as the rehabilitation program, for the rehabilitation of physical therapists and physical thera
• § 2664 — (a) Any rehabilitation evaluation committee established by the board shall have at least three members.
• § 2665 — Each rehabilitation evaluation committee has the following duties and responsibilities: (a) To evaluate physical therapists and physical therapist assistants who request participation in the rehabilit
• § 2666 — (a) Criteria for acceptance into the rehabilitation program shall include all of the following: (1) The applicant shall be licensed as a physical therapist or as a physical therapist assistant by the
• § 2667 — All board and rehabilitation evaluation committee records and records of proceedings and participation of a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in a program shall be confidential and ar
• § 2668 — (a) A fee to cover the actual cost of administering the program shall be charged for participation in the program.
• § 2669 — Participation in a rehabilitation program shall not be a defense to any disciplinary action that may be taken by the board.
• § 2670 — Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in a county jail not ex
• § 2672 — Whenever any person has engaged or is about to engage in any acts or practices that constitute or will constitute an offense against this chapter, the superior court of any county, on application of t
• § 2680 — The board shall keep a record of its proceedings under this chapter, and a register of all persons licensed under it.
• § 2681 — Within 10 days after the beginning of each calendar month the board shall report to the State Controller the amount and source of all collections made from persons licensed or seeking to be licensed u
• § 2682 — There is in the State Treasury the Physical Therapy Fund.
• § 2687 — All fees earned by the board and all fines and forfeitures of bail to which the board is entitled shall be reported at the beginning of each month, for the month preceding, to the State Controller.
• § 2688 — The amount of fees assessed in connection with licenses issued under this chapter is as follows: (a) (1) The fee for an application for licensure as a physical therapist submitted to the board prior t
• § 2689 — (a) The board may establish by regulation suitable application and renewal fees of not more than two hundred dollars ($200), for persons certified to perform electromyographical testing pursuant to Se
• § 2690 — A physical therapy corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, so long as that corporation and its shareholde
• § 2691 — It shall constitute unprofessional conduct and a violation of this chapter for any person licensed under this chapter to violate, attempt to violate, directly or indirectly, or assist in or abet the v
• § 2692 — A physical therapy corporation shall not do or fail to do any act the doing of which or the failure to do which would constitute unprofessional conduct under any statute or regulation, now or hereafte
• § 2693 — The name of a physical therapy corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services shall contain the words “physical therapy” or “physical therapist”, and wording or abbr
• § 2694 — Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each shareholder, director and officer of a physical therapy corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, shall
• § 2695 — The income of a physical therapy corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, shall no
• § 2696 — The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including regulations requiring (a) that the bylaws of a physical therapy corporation shall includ
• § 27 — (a) Each entity specified in subdivisions (c), (d), and (e) shall provide on the internet information regarding the status of every license issued by that entity in accordance with the California Publ
• § 27.5 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board within the Department of Consumer Affairs receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant dem