Cal. BPC § 4023
This is the official text of Cal. BPC § 4023, 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
“Device” means any instrument, apparatus, machine, implant, in vitro reagent, or contrivance, including its components, parts, products, or the byproducts of a device, and accessories that are used or intended for either of the following:
(a) Use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in a human or any other animal.
(b) To affect the structure or any function of the body of a human or any other animal.
For purposes of this chapter, “device” does not include contact lenses, or any prosthetic or orthopedic device that does not require a prescription.
(a) Use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in a human or any other animal.
(b) To affect the structure or any function of the body of a human or any other animal.
For purposes of this chapter, “device” does not include contact lenses, or any prosthetic or orthopedic device that does not require a prescription.
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