Cal. Business and Professions Code § 2190.6
Cal. Business and Professions Code § 2190.6
California · California Business and Professions Code · Status: effective · Effective 2020-01-01
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- Cal. Business and Professions Code § 2190.6, California, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-25, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/770955
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(a) As an alternative to Section 2190.5, a physician and surgeon may complete a one-time continuing education course of 12 credit hours in the subject of treatment and management of opiate-dependent patients, including eight hours of training in buprenorphine treatment, or other similar medicinal treatment, for opioid use disorders.
(b) A physician and surgeon who meets the requirements, as determined by the board, of a “qualifying physician” under clause (ii) of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (2) of subsection (g) of Section 823 of Title 21 of the United States Code, the Comprehensive Addiction Recovery Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-198), as that clause read on January 1, 2018, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of subdivision (a).
(c) A physician and surgeon who chooses to comply with this section as an alternative to Section 2190.5 shall complete the requirements of this section by the physician and surgeon’s next license renewal date.
(d) The board shall determine whether a physician and surgeon has met the requirements of this section.