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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3655
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3655
(a) A licensee holding a speciality certificate in naturopathic childbirth attendance shall disclose to each client, in writing, the following: (1) The qualifications and credentials of the naturopathic doctor. (2) A copy of the written plan for consultation, emergency transfer,
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3660
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3660
Except as provided in subdivision (h) of Section 3644, a person shall have a valid, unrevoked, or unsuspended license issued under this chapter to do any of the following: (a) To claim to be a naturopathic doctor, licensed naturopathic doctor, doctor of naturopathic medicine, doc
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3661
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3661
A naturopathic doctor who uses the term or designation “Dr.” shall further identify themselves as “Naturopathic Doctor,” “Licensed Naturopathic Doctor,” “Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine,” or “Doctor of Naturopathy” and shall not use any term or designation that would tend to indi
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3662
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3662
It shall constitute unprofessional conduct for a naturopathic doctor to violate, attempt to violate, assist in the violation of, or conspire to violate, any provision or term of this chapter or any regulation adopted under it.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3663
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3663
(a) The board shall have the responsibility for reviewing the quality of the practice of naturopathic medicine carried out by persons licensed as naturopathic doctors pursuant to this chapter. (b) The board may discipline a naturopathic doctor for unprofessional conduct. After a
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3663.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3663.5
(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 § 3664
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3664
A person who violates Section 3660 or 3661 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by imprisonment of not more than one year in a county jail, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3670
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3670
A naturopathic corporation is a corporation that is authorized to render professional services, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, if the corporation and its shareholders, officers, directors, and employees rendering professional services who are naturopathic d
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3671
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3671
A naturopathic corporation shall not engage in any conduct that constitutes unprofessional conduct. In the conduct of its practice, the naturopathic corporation shall comply with statutes and regulations to the same extent as an individual holding a license under this chapter.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3672
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3672
The income of a naturopathic corporation attributable to professional services rendered while a shareholder is a disqualified person, as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, shall not in any manner accrue to the benefit of the shareholder or their shares in the natu
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3673
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3673
Except as provided in Section 13403 of the Corporations Code, each director, shareholder, and officer of a naturopathic corporation, except an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer, shall be a licensed person as defined by Section 13401 of the Corporations Code.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3674
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3674
The name of a naturopathic corporation and any name or names under which it may render professional services, shall contain the words “naturopathic” or “naturopathic doctor” and, as appropriate, wording or abbreviations denoting its status as a corporation.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3675
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3675
The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, including, but not limited to, regulations requiring the following: (a) That the bylaws of a naturopathic corporation include a provision whereby the capital stock of the corpora
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3680
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3680
(a) The application fee for a doctor of naturopathic medicine shall be no more than five hundred dollars ($500) and may be increased to not more than six hundred dollars ($600). (b) The initial license fee shall be one thousand dollars ($1,000) and may be increased to not more th
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3681
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3681
All fees collected by the board shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the Naturopathic Doctor’s Fund which is hereby created in the State Treasury. The money in the fund shall be available to the board for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter only
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3685
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3685
Notwithstanding any other law, the repeal of this chapter renders the board subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3686
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3686
This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3700
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3700
This chapter may be cited as the “Respiratory Care Practice Act.”
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3701
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3701
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the practice of respiratory care in California affects the public health, safety, and welfare and is to be subject to regulation and control in the public interest to protect the public from the unauthorized and unqualified practice of
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3702
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3702
(a) Respiratory care as a practice means a health care profession employed under the supervision of a medical director in the therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities which affect the pulmonary system and
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3702.5
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3702.5
Except for the board, a state agency may not define or interpret the practice of respiratory care for those licensed pursuant to this chapter, or develop standardized procedures or protocols pursuant to this chapter, unless authorized by this chapter or specifically required by s
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3702.7
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3702.7
The respiratory care practice is further defined and includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Mechanical or physiological ventilatory support as used in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 3702 includes, but is not limited to, any system, procedure, machine, ca
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3703
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3703
(a) The settings in which respiratory care may be practiced include licensed health care facilities, hospitals, clinics, ambulatory or home health care, physicians’ offices, nurse practitioners’ offices, and public or community health services. Respiratory care may also be provid
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3704
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3704
As used in this chapter, these terms shall be defined as follows: (a) “Board” means the Respiratory Care Board of California. (b) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Affairs. (c) “Medical director” means a physician and surgeon who is a member of a health care facility’
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Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3705
Business and Professions Code - BPC - BPC § 3705
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a respiratory care practitioner to practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing, except as authorized by this chapter.