California Health and Safety Code

§ 1206

HSC § 1206 Effective Sep 17, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

This chapter does not apply to the following:

(a)Except with respect to the option provided with regard to surgical clinics in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 1204 and, further, with respect to specialty clinics specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 1204, any place or establishment owned or leased and operated as a clinic or office by one or more licensed health care practitioners and used as an office for the practice of their profession, within the scope of their license, regardless of the name used publicly to identify the place or establishment.

(b)Any clinic directly conducted, maintained, or operated by the United States or by any of its departments, officers, or agencies, and any primary care clinic specified in subdivision (a) of Section 1204 that is directly conducted, maintained, or operated by this state or by any of its political subdivisions or districts, or by any city. This subdivision does not preclude the department from adopting regulations that utilize clinic licensing standards as eligibility criteria for participation in programs funded wholly or partially under Title XVIII or XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 105, Sec. 13. (AB 144) Effective September 17, 2025.