{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"628","citation":"Pen. Code, § 628","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 15. MISCELLANEOUS CRIMES [626. - 653.75.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-15"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1.3. Massage Therapy [628. - 628.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-15/chapter-1.3"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 149, Sec. 1.   (SB 285)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>A person who provides a certificate, transcript, diploma, or other document, or otherwise affirms that a person has received instruction in massage therapy knowing that the person has not received instruction in massage therapy or knowing that the person has not received massage therapy instruction consistent with that document or affirmation is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.</p>","text":"A person who provides a certificate, transcript, diploma, or other document, or otherwise affirms that a person has received instruction in massage therapy knowing that the person has not received instruction in massage therapy or knowing that the person has not received massage therapy instruction consistent with that document or affirmation is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per violation, or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/massage-therapy-628","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}