Laws Relating to the Medical Board of California

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Table of 2019 Sections Affected 

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS CODE 
General Provisions 

Division 1. Department of Consumer Affairs 

Chapter 1. The Department 

Chapter 1.5. Unlicensed Activity Enforcement 

Chapter 2. The Director of Consumer Affairs 

Chapter 3. Funds of the Department 

Chapter 4. Consumer Affairs 
Article 3. Powers and Duties 
Article 3.6. Uniform Standards Regarding Substance-Abusing 
Article 4. Representation of Consumers 
Article 5. Consumer Complaints 
Article 6. Information 
Article 7. Personal Information and Privacy Protection 

Chapter 6. Public Members 

Chapter 7. Licensee 

Division 1.2. Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection [Repealed] 

Chapter 1. Review of Boards under the Department of Consumer Affairs [Repealed] 

Division 1.5. Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Licenses 

Chapter 1. General Provisions 

Chapter 2. Denial of Licenses 

Chapter 3. Suspension and Revocation of Licenses 

Chapter 4. Public Reprovals 

Chapter 5. Examination Security 

Division 2. Healing Arts 

Chapter 1. General Provisions 
Article 1. Records 
Article 1.5. Advocacy for Appropriate Health Care 
Article 2. Eyeglasses 
Article 4. Frauds of Medical Records 
Article 5. Illegal Advertising 
Article 6. Unearned Rebates, Refunds, and Discounts 
Article 7.5. Health Care Practitioners 
Article 9. Inactive License 
Article 10. Federal Personnel and Tribal Health Programs 
Article 10.5. Unprofessional Conduct 
Article 10.7. Opioid Medication 
Article 11. Professional Reporting 
Article 12. Insurance Fraud 
Article 12.5. Mental Illness or Physical Illness 
Article 13. Standards for Licensure or Certification 
Article 15. Sexual Orientation Change Efforts 

Chapter 1.5. Exemption from Licensure 

Chapter 1.6. Health Care Professional Disaster Response Act 

Chapter 5. Medicine 
Article 1. Administration 
Article 2. General Provisions 
Article 3. License Required and Exemptions 
Article 4. Requirements for Licensure 
Article 4.5. Osteopathic Requirements For Licensure 
Article 5. Foreign Medical Graduates 
Article 7. Reciprocity and National Board Diplomate Applications 
Article 7.7. Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program [Repealed] 
Article 8. Loans to Medical Students [Repealed] 
Article 8.5. Special Permits 
Article 9. Examinations 
Article 10. Continuing Medical Education 
Article 10.5. Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Physicians Act of 2003 
Article 11. Physician and Surgeon Incentive Pilot Program [Repealed] 
Article 11.5. Surgery in Certain Outpatient Settings 
Article 12. Enforcement 
Article 13. Medical Adjudication 
Article 14. Physician and Surgeon Health and Wellness Program 
Article 16. Medical Statistics [Repealed] 
Article 17. Exemptions from Liability 
Article 18. Corporations 
Article 18.5. Locum Tenens Services 
Article 19. Renewal of Licenses 
Article 20. Revenue 
Article 21. Provisions Applicable to Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons 
Article 22. Podiatric Medicine 
Article 23. Alternative Practices and Treatments 
Article 24. Licensed Midwives 
Article 25. Recommending Medical Cannabis 

Chapter 5.1. Research Psychoanalysts [Repealed] 

Chapter 5.4. Prescription Lenses 

Chapter 5.6. Occupational Therapy 

Chapter 5.67. Perfusionists 

Chapter 5.7. Physical Therapy 
Article 8. Offenses Against this Chapter 

Chapter 6. Nursing 
Article 8. Nurse Practitioners 

Chapter 7. Optometry 
Article 3. Admission to Practice 
Article 5. Revocation and Suspension 

Chapter 7.7. Physician Assistants 
Article 1. General Provisions 
Article 2. Administration 
Article 3. Certification and Approval 
Article 4. Revenue 
Article 5. Denial, Suspension and Revocation 
Article 6. Penalties 
Article 6.5. Diversion of Impaired Physician Assistants 
Article 7. Osteopathic Physician Assistants 
Article 7.5. International Medical Graduate Physician Assistants 
Article 8. Physicians’ Assistants Corporations 

Chapter 7.8. Polysomnographic Technologists 

Chapter 9. Pharmacy 
Article 2. Definitions 
Article 3. Scope of Practice and Exemptions 
Article 4. Requirements for Prescriptions 
Article 5. Authority of Inspectors 
Article 6. General Requirements 
Article 7. Pharmacies 
Article 7.5. Sterile Drug Products 
Article 7.7. Outsourcing Facilities 
Article 9. Hypodermic Needles and Syringes 
Article 11. Wholesalers, Third-Party Logistics Providers, and Manufacturers 
Article 12. Prescriber Dispensing 
Article 13. Nonprofit or Free Clinics 
Article 14. Clinics 
Article 20. Prohibitions and Offenses 
Article 22. Unfair Trade Practices 

Chapter 15. Telephone Medical Advice Services 

Division 7. General Business Regulations 
Part 2. Preservation and Regulation of Competition 

Chapter 5. Enforcement 
Part 3. Representations to the Public 

Chapter 1. Advertising 
Article 1. False Advertising in General 
Article 2. Particular Offenses 

CIVIL CODE 

Division 1. Persons 
Part 2. Personal Rights 
Part 2.6. Confidentiality of Medical Information 

Chapter 2. Disclosure of Medical Information by Providers 

CORPORATIONS CODE 
Title 1. CORPORATIONS 

Division 3. Corporations for Specific Purposes 
Part 4. Professional Corporations 

EVIDENCE CODE 

Division 9. Evidence Affected or Excluded by Extrinsic Policies 

Chapter 3. Other Evidence Affected or Excluded by Extrinsic Policies 

FAMILY CODE 

Division 17. Support Services 

Chapter 2. Child Support Enforcement 
Article 2. Collections and Enforcement 

GOVERNMENT CODE 
Title 1. GENERAL 

Division 4. Public Officers and Employees 

Chapter 4. Resignations and Vacancies 
Article 2. Vacancies 

Division 7. Miscellaneous 

Chapter 3.5. Inspection of Public Records 
Article 1. General Provisions 

Title 2. Government of the State of California 

Division 3. Executive Department 
Part 1. State Departments and Agencies 

Chapter 1. State Agencies 
Article 9. Meetings 

Chapter 2. State Departments 
Article 2. Investigations and Hearings 

Chapter 4. Office of Administrative Hearings 
Article 1. General Provisions 
Article 2. Medical Quality Hearing Panel 

Chapter 5. Administrative Adjudication: Formal Hearing 

Chapter 6. Statutory Salary Equalization Plan 
Article 1. Salaries of Specified Positions 
Part 2. Constitutional Officers 

Chapter 6. Attorney General 
Article 2. General Powers and Duties 
Part 2.8. Department of Fair Employment and Housing 

Chapter 6. Discrimination Prohibited 
Article 1. Unlawful Practices, Generally 

Title 3. Government of Counties 

Division 2. Officers 
Part 3. Other Officers 

Chapter 1. District Attorney 
Article 1. Duties as Public Prosecutor 

Chapter 10. Coroner 
Article 2. Inquests 
Article 2.5. Autopsy 

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE 

Division 1. Administration of Public Health 
Part 1.85. End of Life Option Act (Repealed January 1, 2026) 

Division 2. Licensing Provisions 

Chapter 1.3. Outpatient Settings 

Chapter 2. Health Facilities 
Article 1. General 
Article 3. Regulations 

Chapter 2.2. Health Care Service Plans 
Article 2. Administration 
Article 5. Standards 

Chapter 4.2. Donations of Organs, Tissues, or Body Fluids 

Chapter 4.5. The Paul Gann Blood Safety Act 

Division 10. Uniform Controlled Substances Act 

Chapter 4. Prescriptions 
Article 1. Requirements of Prescriptions 
Article 2. Prescriber’s Record 
Article 3. Copies of Prescriptions 
Article 4. Refilling Prescriptions 

Chapter 6. Offenses and Penalties 
Article 2. Cannabis 
Article 2.5. Medical Marijuana Program 

Division 20. Miscellaneous Health and Safety Provisions 

Chapter 1.4. Human Cloning 

Division 102. Vital Records and Health Statistics 
Part 1. Vital Records 

Chapter 6. Death Registration 
Article 1. Duty of Registering Death 
Article 2. Responsibility of Attending Physician 
Article 3. Responsibility of Coroner 
Article 4. Content of Certificate of Death 

Chapter 17. Penalties 
Article 1. Misdemeanors 
Part 2. Population and Public Health Surveillance 

Chapter 1.6. Richard Paul Hemann Parkinson’s Disease Program [Repealed effective January 1, 2020] 

Chapter 2. Ken Maddy California Cancer Registry 

Division 104. Environmental Health 
Part 4. Drugs, Devices, and Cosmetics 

Chapter 4. Treatment of Cancer and Other Serious Diseases 
Article 1. Intent and Definitions 
Part 5. Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Laws 

Chapter 6. Drugs and Devices 
Article 4.5. Right to Try Act 
Article 6. Licenses 

Division 105. Communicable Disease Prevention and Control 
Part 1. Administration of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control 

Chapter 3. Functions and Duties of Local Health Officers 
Part 2. Immunizations 

Chapter 1. Educational and Child Care Facility Immunization Requirements 
Part 4. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 

Chapter 7. Mandated Blood Testing and Confidentiality to Protect Public Health 
Part 5. Tuberculosis 

Chapter 1. Tuberculosis Control 

Division 106. Personal Health Care (Including Maternal, Child, and Adolescent) 
Part 1. General Administration 

Chapter 1. Patient Access to Health Records 
Part 2. Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health 

Chapter 2. Maternal Health 
Article 4.6. California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act 
Article 6. Maternal Mental Health 

Chapter 4. Adolescent Health 
Article 2.5. Youth Sports Concussion Protocols 

Division 107. Statewide Health Planning and Development 
Part 3. Health Professions Development 

Chapter 5. Health Professions Education Foundation Programs 
Article 1. Health Professions Education Foundation 

LABOR CODE 

Division 1. Department of Industrial Relations 

Chapter 5. 

Division of Workers’ Compensation 

Division 4. Workers’ Compensation and Insurance 
Part 2. Computation of Compensation 

Chapter 2. Compensation Schedules 
Article 2. Medical and Hospital Treatment 

PENAL CODE 
Part 4. Prevention of Crimes and Apprehension of Criminals 
Title 1. Investigation and Control of Crimes and Criminals 

Chapter 1. Investigation, Identification, And Information Responsibilities Of The Department Of Justice 
Article 3. Criminal Identification and Statistics 

Chapter 2. Control of Crimes and Criminals 
Article 2.5. Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act 

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CODE 

Division 3. Employment Services Programs 
Part 1. Employment and Employability Services 

Chapter 4. Programs 
Article 1. Eligibility 

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE 

Division 2. Children 
Part 1. Delinquents and Wards of the Juvenile Court 

Chapter 2. Juvenile Court Law 
Article 10. Dependent Children-Judgments and Orders 
Article 18. Wards-Judgments and Orders 

Division 4.5. Services for the Developmentally Disabled 

Chapter 1.6. General Provisions 

Division 9. Public Social Services 
Part 3. Aid and Medical Assistance 

Chapter 2. California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Act 
Article 4. Relatives’ Responsibility 

Chapter 7. Basic Health Care?? 
Article 1. General Provisions 
Article 3. Administration 

Index