{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2538.42","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2538.42","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 8. Hearing Aid Dispensers [2538.10. - 2538.57.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-5.3/article-8"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 449, Sec. 9.   (SB 933)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/hearing-aid-dispensers-2538-42","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}