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2018 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 5 - Medicine
ARTICLE 10.5 - Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Physicians Act of 2003
Section 2198.1.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 2198.1 (2018)
2198.1.
For purposes of this article, “cultural and linguistic competency” means cultural and linguistic abilities that can be incorporated into therapeutic and medical evaluation and treatment, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Direct communication in the patient-client primary language.
(b) Understanding and applying the roles that culture, ethnicity, and race play in diagnosis, treatment, and clinical care.
(c) Awareness of how the health care providers and patients attitudes, values, and beliefs influence and impact professional and patient relations.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 510, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
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