California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 5 — MedicineArticle 23 — Alternative Practices and TreatmentsSection 2500
The boards acknowledge the significant interest of physicians and patients alike in integrating preventative approaches and holistic-based alternatives into the practice of medicine, including, but not limited to, biopsychosocial techniques, nutrition, and the use of natural supplements to enhance health and wellness. The boards shall establish specific policies in this regard and shall review statutes and recommend modifications of law, when appropriate, in order to assure California consumers that the quality of medicine practiced in this state is the most advanced and innovative it can be both in terms of preserving the health of, as well as providing effective diagnosis and treatment of illness for, the residents of this state.
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Requires the boards to establish policies concerning integration of preventive and holistic approaches into medicine, review statutes, and recommend legal changes when appropriate. The provision identifies approaches including biopsychosocial techniques, nutrition, and natural supplements and directs the boards toward assuring advanced and innovative medicine for preserving health and diagnosing and treating illness.
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