{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2530.1","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2530.1","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 5.3. Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Hearing Aid Dispensers [2530. - 2539.14.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [2530. - 2530.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 449, Sec. 3.   (SB 933)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>The Legislature finds and declares that the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology and hearing aid dispensing in California affects the public health, safety, and welfare and there is a necessity for those professions to be subject to regulation and control.</p>","text":"The Legislature finds and declares that the practice of speech-language pathology and audiology and hearing aid dispensing in California affects the public health, safety, and welfare and there is a necessity for those professions to be subject to regulation and control.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/general-provisions-2530-1","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}