California Business and Professions Code

§ 900

BPC § 900 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 2 · Ch. 1.5

Statute text

(a)Nothing in this division applies to a health care practitioner licensed in another state or territory of the United States who offers or provides health care for which he or she is licensed, if the health care is provided only during a state of emergency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 8558 of the Government Code, which emergency overwhelms the response capabilities of California health care practitioners and only upon the request of the Director of the Emergency Medical Services Authority.

(b)The director shall be the medical control and shall designate the licensure and specialty health care practitioners required for the specific emergency and shall designate the areas to which they may be deployed.

(c)Health care practitioners shall provide, upon request, a valid copy of a professional license and a photograph identification issued by the state in which the practitioner holds licensure before being deployed by the director.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 270, Sec. 1. (AB 2699) Effective January 1, 2011.