Bus. & Prof. Code, § 3624.5 · Article 2. Administration

Bus. & Prof. Code, § 3624.5

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) This chapter does not apply to a practitioner licensed as a naturopathic doctor in another state or country who meets both of the following requirements:

(1) The practitioner is in consultation with a licensed practitioner of this state, or is an invited guest of any of the following for the purpose of professional education through lectures, clinics, or demonstrations:

(A) The California Medical Association.

(B) The Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California.

(D) The California Naturopathic Doctors Association.

(E) A component county society of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).

(2) The practitioner does not open an office, appoint a place to meet patients, receive calls from patients, give orders, or have ultimate authority over the care or primary diagnosis of a patient.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 18, Sec. 14. (AB 20 4x) Effective October 23, 2009. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 3686.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=3624.5.
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