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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2447
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2447
The board shall refund any fees, fines, or forfeitures in accordance with the provisions of Section 158. The board may expend from its contingent fund whatever sums may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The State Treasurer and all other officials having cu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2448
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2448
Notwithstanding the possession by a licensee of a renewal receipt or other acknowledgement of renewal of licensure, a license issued and renewed may, at any time, be suspended, revoked, or forfeited as provided in this chapter without refund of any fees.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2450
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2450
There is a Board of Osteopathic Examiners of the State of California, established by the Osteopathic Act, which shall be known as the Osteopathic Medical Board of California which enforces this chapter relating to persons holding or applying for physician’s and surgeon’s certific
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2450.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2450.1
Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Osteopathic Medical Board of California in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests sought to be promoted, the protec
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2451
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2451
The words “Medical Board of California,” the term “board,” or any reference to a division of the Medical Board of California as used in this chapter shall be deemed to mean the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, where that board exercises the functions granted to it by the
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2452
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2452
This chapter applies to the Osteopathic Medical Board of California so far as consistent with the Osteopathic Act. Unless otherwise provided, this article is administered by the board.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2453
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2453
(a) It is the policy of this state that holders of M.D. degrees and D.O. degrees shall be accorded equal professional status and privileges as licensed physicians and surgeons. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no health facility subject to licensure under Chapter 2
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2453.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2453.5
Individuals possessing physician’s and surgeon’s certificates issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California shall not hold themselves out to be board certified unless the board certification has been granted by the appropriate certifying board, as authorized by the Americ
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2454.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2454.5
In order to ensure the continuing competence of licensed osteopathic physicians and surgeons, the board shall adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees. The board shall require each licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon to demonstrate sat
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2454.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2454.6
In determining its continuing education requirements, the board shall consider including a course in infection-associated chronic conditions, including, but not limited to, long COVID, as defined by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, myalgic encephalomyeli
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2455
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2455
The amount of fees and refunds is that established by the following schedule for any certificate issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California. All other fees and refunds for any certificate issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California which are not prescribed in
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2455.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2455.1
(a) In addition to the fees charged pursuant to Section 2455, and at the time those fees are charged, the board shall charge each applicant for an original or reciprocity certificate or for a biennial license an additional twenty-five-dollar ($25) fee for the purposes of this sec
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2455.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2455.2
(a) A licensed osteopathic physician and surgeon shall report to the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, at the time of initial licensure, any specialty board certification that he or she holds that is issued by a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties or
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456
(a) Each person holding a certificate issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California residing in or out of California shall pay the board a biennial license fee. (b) Fictitious name permits issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California as provided in Section 2415 s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456.1
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456.1
All osteopathic physician’s and surgeon’s certificates shall be issued for two years and shall expire at midnight on the last day of the month in which the license was issued during the second year of the two-year term if not renewed on or before that day. To renew an unexpired l
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456.2
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456.2
(a) The board shall notify in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested, any physician and surgeon who does not renew his or her license within 60 days from its date of expiration. (b) Any licensee who does not renew his or her expired license on or before its date of e
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456.3
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2456.3
Except as provided in Section 2429, a license which has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration by filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the board and payment of all accrued renewal fees and any other fees required by Section
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2457
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2457
The failure of any person holding a certificate issued by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to pay the biennial license fee during the time his or her certificate remains in force shall automatically work a forfeiture of his or her certificate after a period of 60 days
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2457.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2457.5
(a) In addition to Article 12 (commencing with Section 2220), the charging, or obtaining of an unconscionable fee for professional services rendered to a patient by an osteopathic physician and surgeon constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disciplinary action. (b)
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2458
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2458
When the prosecution for a violation of this chapter is initiated by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, 75 percent of all fines and forfeitures of bail shall be paid upon the collection by the proper officer of the court to the board to be deposited by it to the credit
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459
The Osteopathic Medical Board of California shall not issue any drugless practitioner’s certificates under this chapter or any other law. All persons holding drugless practitioner’s certificates may continue to practice under the authorization of their certificates and may renew
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.4
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.4
(a) On and after July 1, 2019, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide a separate disclosure that includes the licensee’s probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.5
An osteopathic physician and surgeon licensed pursuant to the Osteopathic Initiative Act may utilize the services of an aide to assist the osteopathic physician and surgeon in the rendering of osteopathic manipulative treatment. The aide shall at all times be under the orders, di
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.6
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.6
(a) For the purposes of Section 2459.5 and this section: (1) “Osteopathic physician and surgeon” means a person defined in the Osteopathic Initiative Act. (2) “Osteopathic manipulative treatment” means the therapeutic application of manually guided forces by an osteopathic physic
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 2459.7
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no osteopathic physician and surgeon shall utilize an osteopathic aide to perform services other than those specified in Sections 2459.5 and 2459.6. A violation of this section constitutes unprofessional conduct and is grounds for disci