The physician’s and surgeon’s certificate authorizes the holder to use drugs or devices in or upon human beings and to sever or penetrate the tissues of human beings and to use any and all other methods in the treatment of diseases, injuries, deformities, and other physical and mental conditions.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2051
License Required and Exemptions
Known as the Medical Practice Act
The act spans §§ 2000–2529 (415 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 51 Cal. 3d 1 - California Assn. of Psychology Providers v. Rank (1990)
Most recently applied in Cross v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County (May 2017)
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.