California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 5 — MedicineArticle 12 — EnforcementSection 2284
(a) A licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed podiatrist, or a group of physicians and surgeons or podiatrists, or a medical or podiatry corporation shall not share in any fee charged by an acupuncturist or receive any consideration from or on behalf of such acupuncturist for any referral or diagnosis.
(b) A licensed physician and surgeon or podiatrist shall not employ more than one acupuncturist.
(c) A group of physicians and surgeons or podiatrists, or a medical or podiatry corporation, shall not employ more than one acupuncturist for every 20 practitioners in such group or corporation.
Notes
Prohibits physicians, podiatrists, their groups, and medical or podiatry corporations from sharing an acupuncturist's fees or receiving consideration for referrals or diagnoses. An individual physician or podiatrist may employ no more than one acupuncturist, while a group or corporation may employ no more than one acupuncturist for every 20 practitioners.
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