California Business and Professions Code

§ 1673

BPC § 1673 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)On and after July 1, 2020, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the board shall require a licensee to provide to a patient or the patient’s guardian or health care surrogate a separate disclosure that includes the licensee’s probation status, the length of the probation, the probation end date, all practice restrictions placed on the licensee by the board, the board’s telephone number, and an explanation of how the patient can find further information on the licensee’s probation on the licensee’s profile page on the board’s online license information internet website. The disclosure shall be provided before the patient’s first visit following the probationary order while the licensee is on probation pursuant to a probationary order made on and after July 1, 2020, in any of the following circumstances:

(1)A final adjudication by the board following an administrative hearing or admitted findings or prima facie showing in a stipulated settlement establishing any of the following:

(A)The commission of any act of sexual abuse, misconduct, or relations with a patient or client as defined in Section 726 or 729.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 865, Sec. 41. (AB 1519) Effective January 1, 2020.