Corporations and other artificial legal entities shall have no professional rights, privileges, or powers. However, the Division of Licensing may in its discretion, after such investigation and review of such documentary evidence as it may require, and under regulations adopted by it, grant approval of the employment of licensees on a salary basis by licensed charitable institutions, foundations, or clinics, if no charge for professional services rendered patients is made by any such institution, foundation, or clinic.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 2400
Corporations
Known as the Medical Practice Act
The act spans §§ 2000–2529 (415 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 94 Cal. App. 4th 151 - California Medical Ass'n v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare of California, Inc. (2001)
Most recently applied in Markow v. Rosner (October 2016)
Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.