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2025 California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 2 - HEALING ARTS
CHAPTER 8.3 - Respiratory Therapy
ARTICLE 3 - Certification of Practitioners
Section 3731.
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CA Bus & Prof Code § 3731 (2025)
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3731. A person holding a license as a respiratory care practitioner issued by the board shall use the title “respiratory care practitioner” or the letters “RCP”. The license as a respiratory care practitioner shall not authorize the use of the prefix “Dr.”, or the word “doctor”, or any suffix or affix indicating or implying that the licensed person is a doctor or a physician and surgeon.
The suffix “M.D.” shall not be used unless the licensed practitioner is licensed as a physician and surgeon in this state.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1274, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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