California Business and Professions Code

§ 2234.1

BPC § 2234.1 Effective Jan 1, 2006Div. 2 · Ch. 5 · Art. 12

Statute text

(a)A physician and surgeon shall not be subject to discipline pursuant to subdivision (b), (c), or (d) of Section 2234 solely on the basis that the treatment or advice he or she rendered to a patient is alternative or complementary medicine, including the treatment of persistent Lyme Disease, if that treatment or advice meets all of the following requirements:

(1)It is provided after informed consent and a good-faith prior examination of the patient, and medical indication exists for the treatment or advice, or it is provided for health or well-being.

(2)It is provided after the physician and surgeon has given the patient information concerning conventional treatment and describing the education, experience, and credentials of the physician and surgeon related to the alternative or complementary medicine that he or she practices.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 621, Sec. 28.5. Effective January 1, 2006.