A violation of any federal statute or federal regulation or any of the statutes or regulations of this state regulating dangerous drugs or controlled substances constitutes unprofessional conduct.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2238
Enforcement
Known as the Medical Practice Act
The act spans §§ 2000–2529 (415 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 14 Cal. 4th 4 - Arnett v. Dal Cielo (1996)
Most recently applied in Grafilo v. Cohanshohet (January 2019)
Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1635, 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.