DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.129›CHAPTER 5. Medicine 2000-2525.5›ARTICLE 12. Enforcement 2220-2319

§ 2262

California Business and Professions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Altering or modifying the medical record of any person, with fraudulent intent, or creating any false medical record, with fraudulent intent, constitutes unprofessional conduct.

In addition to any other disciplinary action, the Division of Medical Quality or the California Board of Podiatric Medicine may impose a civil penalty of five hundred dollars ($500) for a violation of this section.

(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 655, Sec. 4.)

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