{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2537.5","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2537.5","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 7. Speech-Language Pathology Corporations and Audiology Corporations [2536. - 2537.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3/article-7"}],"history":"Added by renumbering Section 2539 by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1058, Sec. 7.   Effective January 1, 1999.","effective":"1999-01-01","html":"<p>The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, and the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, including regulations requiring any of the following:</p><p>(a) That the bylaws of a speech-language pathology corporation or an audiology corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of the corporation owned by a disqualified person as defined in Section <a href=\"/corp/13401\">13401</a> of the Corporations Code, or by the estate of a deceased person shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of the corporation within that time as the regulations may provide.</p><p>(b) That a speech-language pathology corporation or an audiology corporation shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its patients arising out of the rendering of professional services.</p>","text":"The board may adopt and enforce regulations to carry out the purposes and objectives of this article, and the Moscone-Knox Professional Corporation Act, including regulations requiring any of the following: (a) That the bylaws of a speech-language pathology corporation or an audiology corporation shall include a provision whereby the capital stock of the corporation owned by a disqualified person as defined in Section 13401 of the Corporations Code, or by the estate of a deceased person shall be sold to the corporation or to the remaining shareholders of the corporation within that time as the regulations may provide. (b) That a speech-language pathology corporation or an audiology corporation shall provide adequate security by insurance or otherwise for claims against it by its patients arising out of the rendering of professional services.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/speech-language-pathology-corporations-and-audiology-2537-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}