{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-2055","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 2055","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person issued a physician’s and surgeon’s certificate by the Medical Board of California pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be entitled to use of the initials “M.D.”","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 5. Medicine [2000. - 2529.8.1.]","ARTICLE 3. License Required and Exemptions [2050. - 2078.]"],"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":"9f5a424c018cd31d5c046d581104cbe4b58afa108dc46685f1c27564eb9395d8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-2054","next":"us-ca/bpc-2056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}