{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"2970","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 2970","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 6.6. Psychologists [2900. - 2999.106.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-6.6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Penalties [2970. - 2971.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-6.6/article-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 12.   Effective September 27, 1983.   Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.","effective":"1983-09-27","html":"<p>Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both.</p>","text":"Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by both.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/penalties-2970","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}