Title BPC, California Bus. & Prof. Code

The provisions of this article shall not apply to solicitations, sales, offers, or attempts to sell within the membership of a charitable organization or upon its regular occupied premises, nor shall it apply to funds raised as authorized by Section 326.5 of the Penal Code. (Repe…

Compliance with any city or county ordinance which provides for disclosure of information relating to solicitations or sales solicitations for charitable purposes substantially similar to and no less than the disclosure requirements of this article shall be deemed to satisfy the …

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, there exists a fiduciary relationship between a charity or any person soliciting on behalf of a charity, and the person from whom a charitable contribution is being solicited. The acceptance of charitable contributions by a cha…

(a) An individual, corporation, or other legal entity who for compensation solicits funds or other property in this state for charitable purposes shall disclose prior to an oral solicitation or sales solicitation made by direct personal contact, radio, television, telephone, or o…

Any individual, corporation, or other legal entity who, for compensation, solicits funds or other property in this state for charitable purposes is prohibited from retaining more than 50 percent of the net proceeds collected as a fee for fundraising services. For purposes of this…

(a) A charity engaged in any solicitation or sales solicitation for charitable purposes, that collected more than 50 percent of its annual income and more than one million dollars ($1,000,000) in charitable contributions from donors in this state during the previous calendar year…

The Attorney General shall annually publish a report that includes information provided to the Registry of Charities and Fundraisers pursuant to Section 17510.9 for all charities reporting under that section. The report shall be made available to public main libraries in the stat…

No healing arts licensing board or examining committee under the Department of Consumer Affairs shall by regulation require an applicant for licensure or certification to be a member of, to be certified by, to be eligible to be certified or registered by, or otherwise meet the st…

(a) A healing arts board shall not deny an application for licensure or suspend, revoke, or otherwise impose discipline upon a licensee or health care practitioner subject to this division on the basis of a civil judgment, criminal conviction, or disciplinary action in another st…

(a) For purposes of this section, “healing arts board” means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals. (b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renew…

(a) Notwithstanding any other state law, and consistent with Sections 1 and 1.1 of Article I of the California Constitution, an individual or state or local officer shall not commence a criminal, civil, professional discipline, or licensing action against an individual licensed o…

A healing arts licensure board or examining committee may by regulation require an applicant for licensure or certification to meet the standards of a specified private voluntary association or professional society when either of the following conditions is met: (a) There is dire…

The performance, recommendation, or provision of any legally protected health care activity, as defined in Section 1798.300 of the Civil Code, by a licensee or a health care practitioner subject to this division acting within their scope of practice, for a patient who resides in …

Criteria for issuing three-year nonrenewable medical licenses and dental permits under this article shall not be utilized at any time as the standard for issuing a license to practice medicine or a permit to practice dentistry in California on a permanent basis. (Added by Stats. …

(a) Up to 70 international medical graduates who have passed their United States medical license examination on the first attempt and who have been working in the medical field in the capacity of a medical assistant, a nurse practitioner, a nurse-midwife, a physician assistant, a…

(a) (1) A person licensed pursuant to this division who is required to complete continuing education units as a condition of renewing his or her license may, once per renewal cycle, apply one unit of continuing education credit, pursuant to paragraph (2), towards that requirement…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the widespread use of telephone solicitors to initiate sales of goods, real property, and investment opportunities has created numerous problems for purchasers and investors which are inimical to good business practices. Telephonic sale…

As used in this article, “telephonic seller” or “seller” means a person who, on their own behalf or through salespersons or through the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device, as defined in Section 2871 of the Public Utilities Code, causes a telephone solicitation or attem…

The provisions of this article are not exclusive. The remedies specified in this article for violation of any section of this article or for conduct proscribed by any section of this article shall be in addition to any other procedures or remedies for any violation or conduct pro…

(a) Every telephonic seller shall maintain a bond issued by a surety company admitted to do business in this state. The bond shall be in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in favor of the State of California for the benefit of any person suffering pecuniary los…

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Department” means the Department of Justice. (b) “Item” means any goods and services, and includes coupon books which are to be used with businesses other than the seller’s business. (c) “Owner” means …

(a) Not less than 10 days before doing business in this state, a telephonic seller shall register with the department by filing with the Consumer Protection Section of the department the information required by Section 17511.4 and a filing fee of fifty dollars ($50). A seller sha…

Each filing pursuant to Section 17511.3 shall contain the following information: (a) The name or names of the seller, including the name under which the seller is doing or intends to do business, if different from the name of the seller, and the name of any parent or affiliated o…

In addition to complying with the requirements of Section 17500.3, as applicable, a telephonic seller, shall, at the time the solicitation is made and prior to consummation of a sales transaction, provide all of the following information to a prospective purchaser: (a) If the tel…

Every telephonic seller shall file with the Attorney General, in the form prescribed by the Attorney General, an irrevocable consent appointing the Attorney General to act as the seller’s attorney to receive service of any lawful process in any noncriminal suit, action, or procee…

No seller shall make or authorize the making of any references to its compliance with this article to any prospective or actual purchaser. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1009, Sec. 1.)

No salesperson shall solicit prospective purchasers on behalf of a telephonic seller who is not currently registered with the department pursuant to this article. Any salesperson who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail fo…

Except as provided in Section 17511.8, any person, including, but not limited to, the seller, a salesperson, agent or representative of the seller, or an independent contractor, who willfully violates any provision of this article or who directly or indirectly employs any device,…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to request or receive payment of any fee or consideration from a person for goods or services represented to recover or otherwise assist in the return of money or any other item of value paid for by, or promised to, that person in a previou…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any telephonic seller to procure, either directly or through an agent, the services of any third-party delivery, courier, or other pickup service, for the purpose of obtaining a purchaser’s payment for goods sold by the telephonic seller, unless the g…

(a) A person who sends a solicitation by mail that solicits a recipient to consent to receive information via telephone, where that recipient’s telephone number is not listed on the national “do not call” registry established and maintained by the Federal Trade Commission, as des…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) California’s system of care suffers from a severe shortage of professionals and paraprofessionals in the healing arts to administer programs and provide services for older adults. (2) As a result of rapidly changin…

Any misrepresentation that goods offered for sale are the products of blind workers is hereby directed to be a special matter of state-wide concern. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 766.)

As used in this article: (a) “Blind” means a person having central visual acuity not to exceed 20-200 in the better eye, with corrected lenses, or visual acuity greater than 20-200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field sub…

No goods or articles which are determined by label, symbol, trade name, or name of the manufacturer to indicate that they are made by blind workers shall be delivered or offered by any person, partnership, firm, corporation, institution, or association, for sale in this state unl…

Any blind workman, who is a citizen or resident of this State, or any institution, public or private, corporation, partnership, and association engaged within this State in the manufacture, sale, or distribution of articles or merchandise, made, manufactured, or fabricated by bli…

The Legislature has determined it is in the public interest to require that certified public accountants and public accountants licensed under provisions of this chapter comply with continuing education requirements adopted by the board as a prerequisite to the renewal of public …

The board shall by regulation prescribe, amend, or repeal rules including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) A definition of basic requirements for continuing education. (b) A licensee who plans, directs, or approves any financial or compliance audit report on any gov…

The board may, in accordance with the intent of this article, make exceptions from continuing education requirements for licensees not engaged in public practice, or for reasons of health, military service, or other good cause. If the licensee returns to the practice of public ac…

(a) The purpose of this section is to provide protection against retaliation for health care practitioners who advocate for appropriate health care for their patients pursuant to Wickline v. State of California 192 Cal. App. 3d 1630. (b) It is the public policy of the State of Ca…

(a) No subcontract between a physician and surgeon, physician and surgeon group, or other licensed health care practitioner who contracts with a health care service plan or health insurance carrier, and another physician and surgeon, physician and surgeon group, or licensed healt…

(a) In order to prevent the improper selling, leasing, or transferring of a health care provider’s contract, it is the intent of the Legislature that every arrangement that results in a payor paying a health care provider a reduced rate for health care services based on the healt…

(a) When a contracting agent sells, leases, or transfers a health provider’s contract to a payor, the rights and obligations of the provider shall be governed by the underlying contract between the health care provider and the contracting agent. (b) For purposes of this section, …

(a) A contracting agent, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 511.1, shall beginning July 1, 2006, prior to contracting, annually thereafter on or before the contract anniversary date, and, in addition, upon the contracted provider’s written request, disclose…

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), no contract that is issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after January 1, 1999, between any person or entity, including, but not limited to, any group of physicians and surgeons, any medical group, any independent practi…

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Mental health provider” means a physician and surgeon specializing in the practice of psychiatry, a psychologist, a psychological assistant, intern, or trainee, a licensed marriage and f…