Sections
36 entriesSection 2050Requires the Division of Licensing to issue the same form of certificate to all physicians and surgeons licensed by the Medical Board…Section 2051Allows a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate holder to use drugs or devices in or upon human beings, sever or penetrate human tissues,…Section 2052Prohibits practicing, attempting to practice, advertising, diagnosing, treating, operating, or prescribing without a valid authorized certificate, making the conduct a public offense…Section 2052.5Allows an out-of-state physician in good standing, without prior discipline and with expertise, to practice solely by telehealth for an eligible patient…Section 2053.5Exempts a person complying with Section 2053.6 from Sections 2051 and 2052 unless the person performs invasive procedures, uses X-rays, handles legend…Section 2053.6Requires a person providing qualifying unlicensed alternative or complementary services to give the client specified written plain-language disclosures before service, in a…Section 2054Prohibits use of physician titles or initials in a way that represents an unlicensed person as an M.D., D.O., physician, or surgeon…Section 2055Allows a person holding a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate issued by the Medical Board under the chapter to use the initials “M.D.”…Section 2056Prohibits terminating, retaliating against, penalizing, restricting, or discouraging a physician for advocating medically appropriate patient care or communicating information supporting that care.…Section 2056.1Prohibits health-care service plans and contracting entities from using contract terms that interfere with licensed providers’ communication with patients about health care,…Section 2058Exempts emergency services and domestic administration of family remedies from the chapter’s prohibitions. It also allows a blood specimen to be obtained…Section 2060Exempts an out-of-state practitioner from the chapter when actually consulting with a California-licensed practitioner or attending specified professional or educational activities as…Section 2061Exempts persons licensed, certified, or registered under other healing-arts laws from any construction of this chapter that would limit their authorized and…Section 2062Exempts testing and guidance programs conducted in schools, colleges, and universities, and physical-fitness tests given by public or private agencies for employment…Section 2063Exempts treatment by prayer and the practice of religion from regulation, prohibition, or application of the chapter, and bars construction of the…Section 2064Allows regularly matriculated students in approved medical schools and foreign medical students enrolled in approved California medical schools or clinical training programs…Section 2064.1Allows a regularly matriculated student taking professional instruction at a medical school approved by the American Osteopathic Association or the Osteopathic Medical…Section 2064.2Prohibits a California medical school or clinical training program from denying a student access to elective clerkships or preceptorships solely because the…Section 2064.3Prohibits a public or private postsecondary institution offering a medical degree from denying admission to a qualified student because of citizenship or…Section 2064.4Prohibits denial of admission to an unpaid healing-arts residency program based on citizenship or immigration status when a student otherwise meets admission…Section 2064.5Requires medical graduates to obtain a postgraduate training license within 180 days after starting approved training or lose privileges; active licenses issued…Section 2064.6Extends the expiration date of any postgraduate training license that expires after June 1, 2023, and before December 31, 2023, to March…Section 2064.7Allows the board, beginning January 1, 2020, to deny or issue a probationary postgraduate training license for disciplinary grounds and modify it…Section 2064.8Allows the board, beginning January 1, 2020, to issue a postgraduate training license for minor violations that do not warrant denial or…Section 2065Prohibits graduates from practicing or being paid without a physician certificate except during qualifying postgraduate training; out-of-state guest rotations may total 90…Section 2066.5Allows selected international medical graduates in UCLA’s authorized preresidency program to receive supervised hands-on clinical instruction despite ordinary practice restrictions. Participants must…Section 2068Allows anyone to give nutritional advice about food, ingredients, and dietary supplements, but does not authorize medical practice, disease treatment, or cure…Section 2069Allows trained medical assistants age 18 or older, under authorization and supervision, to give intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular medication injections, perform skin…Section 2070Allows a medical assistant to perform venipuncture or skin puncture to withdraw blood when specifically authorized, appropriately supervised by a listed licensed…Section 2071Requires the Medical Board to adopt and administer standards for technical supportive services performed by medical assistants and, before adopting regulations, to…Section 2074Allows an optometrist licensed under the referenced chapter, or an optometric corporation certificated under that chapter, to employ a licensed physician and…Section 2075Allows specified California acupuncturists or other authorized licensees, and persons licensed or certified elsewhere in acupuncture or traditional Asian medicine, to perform…Section 2076Exempts out-of-state or foreign-licensed physicians traveling with a sports team from California licensure while providing agreed care to team members, coaches, and…Section 2076.5Exempts an out-of-state or foreign physician from California licensure while providing United States Olympic Committee-invited services certified to the board, limited to…Section 2077Allows a physician and surgeon to delegate orthopaedic medical tasks to a supervised orthopaedic physician assistant without physician-assistant licensure when only legally…Section 2078Defines DMSO as dimethyl sulfoxide and requires a physician to give written notice before treatment when the Food and Drug Administration has…