Cal. BPC § 3624.5
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 3624.5, part of California’s Business and Professions Code — regulates business practices and professional/occupational licensing - contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, real estate agents, and dozens of other licensed professions.
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Official statutory text
(a) This chapter does not apply to a practitioner licensed as a naturopathic doctor in another state or country who meets both of the following requirements:
(1) The practitioner is in consultation with a licensed practitioner of this state, or is an invited guest of any of the following for the purpose of professional education through lectures, clinics, or demonstrations:
(A) The California Medical Association.
(B) The Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California.
(C) The California Podiatric Medical Association.
(D) The California Naturopathic Doctors Association.
(E) A component county society of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).
(2) The practitioner does not open an office, appoint a place to meet patients, receive calls from patients, give orders, or have ultimate authority over the care or primary diagnosis of a patient.
(1) The practitioner is in consultation with a licensed practitioner of this state, or is an invited guest of any of the following for the purpose of professional education through lectures, clinics, or demonstrations:
(A) The California Medical Association.
(B) The Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons of California.
(C) The California Podiatric Medical Association.
(D) The California Naturopathic Doctors Association.
(E) A component county society of subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D).
(2) The practitioner does not open an office, appoint a place to meet patients, receive calls from patients, give orders, or have ultimate authority over the care or primary diagnosis of a patient.
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