California Business and Professions Code

§ 2198.1

BPC § 2198.1 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 10.5

Statute text

For purposes of this article, “cultural and linguistic competency” means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a)Direct communication in the patient-client primary language.

(b)Understanding and applying the roles that culture, ethnicity, and race play in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical care.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 510, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.