Codes Display Text - Business and Professions Code (BPC)

General Information

• Division 2: Healing Arts

  • Covers sections [500 - 4999.129]
  • Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 399.

• Chapter 10: Psychiatric Technicians

  • Covers sections [4500 - 4548]
  • Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1851.

• Article 5: Penal Provisions

  • Covers sections [4540 - 4543]
  • Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1851.

Key Sections

Section 4540

• Effective after January 1, 1970
• No person may perform services described in Section 4502 without a license.
• Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1323.

Section 4541

• Unlawful to use titles implying certification as a psychiatric technician without a valid license.
• Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 632, Sec. 51 (AB 1536).
• Effective January 1, 2022.

Section 4542

• (a) Unlawful to impersonate or make false representations in licensing exams.
• (b) Unlawful to permit or aid impersonation in exams.
• Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 632, Sec. 52 (AB 1536).
• Effective January 1, 2022.

Section 4543

• Violations of this chapter are misdemeanors.
• Punishments include:
  • Imprisonment: 10 days to 1 year
  • Fine: $20 to $1,000
  • Or both fine and imprisonment
• Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 18.
• Effective September 27, 1983; operative January 1, 1984.

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