{"code":"BPC","codeName":"Business and Professions Code","section":"4999.86","citation":"Bus. & Prof. Code, § 4999.86","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 16. Licensed Professional Clinical Counselors [4999.10. - 4999.129.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-16"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Enforcement [4999.80. - 4999.92.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/division-2/chapter-16/article-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 619, Sec. 3.   (SB 788)   Effective January 1, 2010.","effective":"2010-01-01","html":"<p>Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), or by both that fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/business-and-professions-code/enforcement-4999-86","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}