{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-2000","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 2000","heading":"","body":"This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Practice Act. Whenever a reference is made to the Medical Practice Act by the provisions of any statute, it is to be construed as referring to the provisions of this chapter.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 5. Medicine [2000. - 2529.8.1.]","ARTICLE 1. Administration [2000. - 2028.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b6c3ed393ba5c4167fefec09f2716ebb3778672363f9f5c60c55303243dfa178","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-1976","next":"us-ca/bpc-2001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}