California Business and Professions Code

§ 2553.6

BPC § 2553.6 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 2 · Ch. 5.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The board shall deny any application for registration under this chapter if any person licensed as a physician and surgeon, for whom the applicant, in accordance with Section 2564.90, proposes to fill any prescription, has any proprietary interest, or has designated or arranged for any other person to have any proprietary interest in or with the applicant.

(b)(1) The board may, in accordance with Section 2555, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew the certificate of any individual or firm under this chapter, if such individual or firm, after the effective date of this section, fills, or has filled, while holding a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter, any prescription issued by any person licensed under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) who has any proprietary interest, or has designated or arranged for any other person to have any proprietary interest, in or with such individual or firm.

(2)Such penalties shall be in addition to, and not to the exclusion of, any other remedies or penalties provided by law.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 630, Sec. 47. (AB 1534) Effective January 1, 2022.