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Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2060

License Required and Exemptions

Known as the Medical Practice Act

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

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 153 Cal. App. 4th 549 - Chosak v. Alameda County Medical Center (2007)

Most recently applied in 153 Cal. App. 4th 549 - Chosak v. Alameda County Medical Center (July 2007)

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 607, Sec. 2

Nothing in this chapter applies to any practitioner located outside this state, when in actual consultation, whether within this state or across state lines, with a licensed practitioner of this state, or when an invited guest of the California Medical Association or the California Podiatric Medical Association, or one of their component county societies, or of an approved medical or podiatric medical school or college for the sole purpose of engaging in professional education through lectures, clinics, or demonstrations, if he or she is, at the time of the consultation, lecture, or demonstration a licensed physician and surgeon or a licensed doctor of podiatric medicine in the state or country in which he or she resides. This practitioner shall not open an office, appoint a place to meet patients, receive calls from patients within the limits of this state, give orders, or have ultimate authority over the care or primary diagnosis of a patient who is located within this state.

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