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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2004

Administration

Known as the Medical Practice Act

The act spans §§ 2000–2529 (415 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 193 Cal. App. 4th 1449 - California Medical Ass'n v. Brown (2011)

Most recently applied in 245 Cal. Rptr. 3d 564 - Grafilo v. Wolfsohn (April 2019)

Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 678, Sec. 4

How often courts cite this section

2011201920
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

The board shall have the responsibility for the following:

(a) The enforcement of the disciplinary and criminal provisions of the Medical Practice Act.

(b) The administration and hearing of disciplinary actions.

(c) Carrying out disciplinary actions appropriate to findings made by a panel or an administrative law judge.

(d) Suspending, revoking, or otherwise limiting certificates after the conclusion of disciplinary actions.

(e) Reviewing the quality of medical practice carried out by physician and surgeon certificate holders under the jurisdiction of the board.

(f) Approving undergraduate and graduate medical education programs.

(g) Approving clinical clerkship and special programs and hospitals for the programs in subdivision (f).

(h) Issuing licenses and certificates under the board’s jurisdiction.

(i) Administering the board’s continuing medical education program.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.