California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 1 — General ProvisionsArticle 4 — Frauds of Medical RecordsSection 580
No person, company, or association shall sell or barter or offer to sell or barter any medical degree, podiatric degree, or osteopathic degree, or chiropractic degree, or any other degree which is required for licensure, certification, or registration under this division, or any degree, certificate, transcript, or any other writing, made or purporting to be made pursuant to any laws regulating the licensing and registration or issuing of a certificate to physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, osteopathic physicians, chiropractors, persons lawfully engaged in any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, or to any other person licensed, certified, or registered under this division.
Notes
Prohibits any person, company, or association from selling, bartering, offering to sell, or offering to barter a medical, podiatric, osteopathic, chiropractic, or other degree required for healing-arts licensure, certification, or registration. The prohibition also covers related diplomas, certificates, transcripts, and writings purportedly issued under laws regulating healing arts practitioners.
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