Sections
24 entriesSection 2450Establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California as the Osteopathic Act board enforcing the chapter for its certificate holders and applicants, while…Section 2450.1Establishes protection of the public as the Osteopathic Medical Board of California's highest priority when exercising licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever…Section 2451Defines references in the chapter to the “Medical Board of California,” the “board,” or a division of the Medical Board as meaning…Section 2452Establishes that the chapter applies to the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to the extent it is consistent with the Osteopathic Act.…Section 2453Prohibits facilities, plans, insurers, governments, and contractors from discriminating against physicians based on M.D. versus D.O. degrees, but does not require employing…Section 2453.5Prohibits a person holding a physician-and-surgeon certificate from the Osteopathic Medical Board from claiming board certification unless the certification comes from an…Section 2454.5Requires licensed osteopathic physicians and surgeons to show continuing-education compliance for renewal every one to two years and complete 50 hours per…Section 2454.6Requires the board, when determining continuing-education requirements, to consider including a course on infection-associated chronic conditions. The contemplated course includes, without limitation,…Section 2454.7Allows osteopathic physicians and surgeons, beginning July 1, 2027, to receive two continuing-education hours per hour of coursework in perimenopause, menopause, and…Section 2455Sets Osteopathic Medical Board fees at up to $400 for original or reciprocity applications; a biennial fee set by November 1 for…Section 2455.1Requires an additional $25 fee with an original, reciprocity, or biennial osteopathic license and monthly transfer of collections to the specified physician…Section 2455.2Requires licensed osteopathic physicians to report qualifying specialty-board certification at initial licensure and practice status at renewal. Cultural background and foreign-language proficiency…Section 2456Requires every person holding an Osteopathic Medical Board of California certificate, whether residing inside or outside California, to pay a biennial license…Section 2456.1Sets every osteopathic physician-and-surgeon certificate to a two-year term expiring at midnight on the last day of the issuance month in the…Section 2456.2Requires the board to send certified written notice to a physician who has not renewed within 60 days after expiration. A late…Section 2456.3Allows an expired license to be renewed within five years after expiration, except as referenced, by filing the board's renewal application and…Section 2457Requires automatic forfeiture of an Osteopathic Medical Board certificate when the holder fails to pay the biennial license fee within 60 days…Section 2457.5Defines charging or obtaining an unconscionable professional fee by an osteopathic physician and surgeon as unprofessional conduct and grounds for discipline. A…Section 2458Requires 75 percent of fines and bail forfeitures collected when the Osteopathic Medical Board of California initiates a chapter prosecution to be…Section 2459Prohibits the Osteopathic Medical Board of California from issuing any new drugless-practitioner certificates under the chapter or any other law. Allows persons…Section 2459.4Requires Osteopathic Medical Board licensees, beginning July 1, 2019, to disclose probation details before a patient’s first post-order visit for listed sexual,…Section 2459.5Allows an osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed under the Osteopathic Initiative Act to use an aide to assist with osteopathic manipulative treatment.…Section 2459.6Defines osteopathic manipulative treatment, somatic dysfunction, osteopathic aides, immediate supervision, and patient-related tasks, limiting aides to assisting treatment under continuous physician responsibility…Section 2459.7Prohibits an osteopathic physician and surgeon from using an osteopathic aide to perform any services beyond those authorized in the referenced provisions.…