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2018 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 5 - Medicine
ARTICLE 12 - Enforcement
Section 2280.
Universal Citation: CA Bus & Prof Code § 2280 (2018)
2280.
No licensee shall practice medicine while under the influence of any narcotic drug or alcohol to such an extent as to impair his or her ability to conduct the practice of medicine with safety to the public and his or her patients. Violation of this section constitutes unprofessional conduct and is a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1267, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1994.)
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