California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 1 — General ProvisionsArticle 6 — Unearned Rebates, Refunds and DiscountsSection 654
No person licensed under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of this division may have any membership, proprietary interest or coownership in any form in or with any person licensed under Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 2550) of this division to whom patients, clients or customers are referred or any profit-sharing arrangements.
Notes
Prohibits a physician licensed under the specified chapter from having membership, ownership, coownership, or profit-sharing arrangements with a licensed dispensing optician to whom the physician refers patients, clients, or customers. The prohibition applies to any form of the listed financial relationships and states no ownership-percentage threshold or exception.
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