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Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 8.2 - Naturopathic Doctors Act
ARTICLE 4 - Application of Chapter
Section 3640.3.

Universal Citation:
CA Bus & Prof Code ยง 3640.3 (2016)
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3640.3. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the licensure of naturopathic assistants. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the administration of local anesthetic agents by a naturopathic assistant. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing the Naturopathic Medicine Committee to adopt any regulations that violate the prohibitions on diagnosis or treatment in Section 2052.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a naturopathic assistant to perform any clinical laboratory test or examination for which he or she is not authorized under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1200).

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a naturopathic assistant may not be employed for inpatient care in a licensed general acute care hospital as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 523, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2011. Repealed as of January 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 3686.)

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