Welcome to the Medical Board of California

Laws and Regulations

The laws governing the practice of medicine and other allied health care professions regulated by the Medical Board are contained in the Business and Professions Code. Listed below is a selection of commonly referenced sections.

General Provisions Section 500
Physician Advertising Section 651
Medical Malpractice Reporting Section 801
Medical Practice Act
Internet Information on Doctors
License Required and Exemptions
Section 2000
Section 2027
Section 2050
Medical Assistants
Section 2069
Physician and Surgeon Licensing Information
Requirements for Licensure
Foreign Medical Graduates
Section 2080
Section 2080
Section 2100
Continuing Medical Education
Outpatient Surgery Settings
Enforcement
Unprofessional Conduct
Prescribing/Dispensing
Reinstatement of License/Modification of Probation
Diversion Evaluation Committee
Medical Corporations
Renewal of Licenses
Section 2190
Section 2215
Section 2220
Section 2234
Section 2241
Section 2307
Section 2340
Section 2400
Section 2420
Alternative Practices and Treatments Section 2500
Licensed Midwives Section 2505
Research Psychoanalysts Section 2529
Prescription Lenses Section 2540
Non Resident Contact Lens Sellers Section 2546
Registered Dispensing Opticians Section 2550
Spectacle Lens Dispensers Section 2559.1
Contact Lens Dispensers Section 2560
Requirements for Prescriptions Section 4070
Prescriber Dispensing Section 4170

Regulations

For a complete listing of the California Code of Regulations, visit the Web site of the Office of Administrative Law (OAL).  The Medical Board's regulations are under TITLE 16. PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL REGULATIONS, then at DIVISION 13. MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA.