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Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 11 - Veterinary Medicine
ARTICLE 2 - Practice Provisions
Section 4830.5.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 4830.5 (2018)
4830.5.
Whenever any licensee under this chapter has reasonable cause to believe that a dog has been injured or killed through participation in a staged animal fight, as prescribed in Section 597b of the Penal Code, it shall be the duty of the licensee to promptly report the same to the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county, city, or city and county in which the same occurred.
No licensee shall incur any civil liability as a result of making any report pursuant to this section or as a result of making any report of a violation of Section 596, subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 597, or Section 597b, 597f, 597g, 597n, or 597.5 of the Penal Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 810, Sec. 1.)
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