Cal. Business and Professions Code § 2068
Cal. Business and Professions Code § 2068
California · California Business and Professions Code · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Cal. Business and Professions Code § 2068, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/770882
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:770882@1- SHA-256
72d2970ecc6dc5f5276e2a94509be3cc9fde50e6304039cbd7350b3463f8019d
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
This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit any person from providing nutritional advice or giving advice concerning proper nutrition. However, this section confers no authority to practice medicine or surgery or to undertake the prevention, treatment, or cure of disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical or mental conditions or to state that any product might cure any disease, disorder, or condition in violation of any provision of law.
For purposes of this section the terms “providing nutritional advice or giving advice concerning proper nutrition” means the giving of information as to the use and role of food and food ingredients, including dietary supplements.
Any person in commercial practice providing nutritional advice or giving advice concerning proper nutrition shall post in an easily visible and prominent place the following statement in his or her place of business:
“NOTICE”
“State law allows any person to provide nutritional advice or give advice concerning proper nutrition—which is the giving of advice as to the role of food and food ingredients, including dietary supplements. This state law does NOT confer authority to practice medicine or to undertake the diagnosis, prevention, treatment, or cure of any disease, pain, deformity, injury, or physical or mental condition and specifically does not authorize any person other than one who is a licensed health practitioner to state that any product might cure any disease, disorder, or condition.”
The notice required by this section shall not be smaller than 812 inches by 11 inches and shall be legibly printed with lettering no smaller than12 inch in length, except the lettering of the word “NOTICE” shall not be smaller than 1 inch in length.