California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 13.7 — Board of Behavioral SciencesArticle 2 — Disciplinary ActionsSection 4990.40
The board shall revoke a license or registration issued under the chapters it administers and enforces upon a decision made in accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, that contains a finding of fact that the licensee or registrant engaged in an act of sexual contact, as defined in Section 729, when that act is with a patient or with a former patient when the relationship was terminated primarily for the purpose of engaging in that act. The revocation shall not be stayed by the administrative law judge or the board.
Notes
Requires the board to revoke a license or registration when the required adjudicatory decision finds that the licensee or registrant engaged in sexual contact with a patient, or with a former patient whose relationship was terminated primarily to permit that contact. The administrative law judge and the board may not stay the resulting revocation.
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