DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS 500-4999.129›CHAPTER 5. Medicine 2000-2529.6›ARTICLE 12. Enforcement 2220-2319
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California Business and Professions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Unless a person authorized under this chapter to use the title “doctor” or the letters or prefix “Dr.” holds a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate, the use of such title, letters, or prefix without further indicating the type of certificate held, constitutes unprofessional conduct.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313, Sec. 2.)
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