Cal. Business and Professions Code § 581
Cal. Business and Professions Code § 581
California · California Business and Professions Code · Status: effective · Effective 1986-06-30
Cite this
- Citation
- Cal. Business and Professions Code § 581, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/770140
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:770140@1- SHA-256
6f5a00800d3ef8ad84c1352ae6a2efebaa6762f6ba7da7a2903863190f98f54f
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
No person, company, or association shall purchase or procure by barter or by any unlawful means or method, or have in possession any diploma, certificate, transcript, or any other writing with intent that it shall be used as evidence of the holder’s qualifications to practice as a physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician, podiatrist, any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, as provided in the Medical Practice Act, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000), or to practice as any other licentiate under this division or in any fraud of the law regulating this practice or, shall with fraudulent intent, alter in a material regard, any such diploma, certificate, transcript, or any other writing.