{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"1698","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 1698","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Dentistry [1600. - 1976.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4.7. Diversion Program [1695. - 1699.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-4/article-4.7"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 548, Sec. 8.   Effective January 1, 2009.","effective":"2009-01-01","html":"<p>(a) After the committee and the program manager in their discretion have determined that a licentiate has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the committee shall purge and destroy all records pertaining to the licentiate’s participation in a diversion program.</p><p>(b) Except as authorized by subdivision (f) of Section <a href=\"/bpc/1695.5\">1695.5</a>, all board and committee records and records of proceedings pertaining to the treatment of a licentiate in a program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.</p>","text":"(a) After the committee and the program manager in their discretion have determined that a licentiate has been rehabilitated and the diversion program is completed, the committee shall purge and destroy all records pertaining to the licentiate’s participation in a diversion program. (b) Except as authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 1695.5, all board and committee records and records of proceedings pertaining to the treatment of a licentiate in a program shall be kept confidential and are not subject to discovery or subpoena.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/diversion-program-1698","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}