Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4961.1 · Article 4. Enforcement
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4961.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The board, or its designee, may, upon complaint, inspect any of the following:
(1) Any premise in which acupuncture services, as defined in Section 4937, are provided or reasonably suspected of being provided.
(2) Any place of practice registered with the board for which a wall license has been issued pursuant to Section 4961.
(3) Any clinic owned and operated by a school with an approved educational and training program, as defined in Section 4927.5.
(4) Any premise in which acupuncture services, as defined in Section 4937, are provided under a tutorial program, as defined in Section 4940.
(b) All records required by law to be kept by an acupuncturist subject to this chapter, including, but not limited to, records pertaining to the provision of services to patients, shall be open to inspection by the board, or its designee, during an investigation initiated in response to a complaint that a licensee has violated any law or regulation that constitutes grounds for disciplinary action or issuance of a citation and fine by the board. A copy of all those records shall be provided to the board immediately upon request.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to grant the board jurisdiction over the practice of medicine.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 682, Sec. 9. (AB 1264) Effective January 1, 2024.
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