Bus. & Prof. Code, § 726 · Article 10.5. Unprofessional Conduct
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 726
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) The commission of any act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a patient, client, or customer constitutes unprofessional conduct and grounds for disciplinary action for any person licensed under this division or under any initiative act referred to in this division.
(b) This section shall not apply to consensual sexual contact between a licensee and his or her spouse or person in an equivalent domestic relationship when that licensee provides medical treatment, other than psychotherapeutic treatment, to his or her spouse or person in an equivalent domestic relationship.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 510, Sec. 3. (AB 179) Effective January 1, 2016.
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§ionNum=726.
- Text hash
- sha256 15716f5be4aa5ea5ff048b8984635b83ab590d64e6405a57a56e94c53c294e06
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Cited by 11 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Bus. & Prof. Code, § 726. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business and Professions Code
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 480Printed as Section 726
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 727Printed as Section 726
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1673Printed as Section 726 or 729
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2228.1Printed as Section 726 or 729
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2232.5Printed as Section 726
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2307Printed as Section 726
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2459.4Printed as Section 726 or 729
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2660Printed as Section 726
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2660.1Printed as Section 726
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2950Printed as Sections 28, 490, 726, 729, 2936, 2960, 2960.1, 2960.6, 2963, 2966, 2969, and 2996
- Bus. & Prof. Code, § 3137Printed as Section 726
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.