{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"4543","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4543","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 10. Psychiatric Technicians [4500. - 4548.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-10"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Penal Provisions [4540. - 4543.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-10/article-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 18.   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 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a 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 twenty dollars ($20) 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 chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a 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 twenty dollars ($20) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both such fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/penal-provisions-4543","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}