{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-2274","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 2274","heading":"","body":"(a) The use by any licensee of any certificate, of any letter, letters, word, words, term, or terms either as a prefix, affix, or suffix indicating that he or she is entitled to engage in a medical practice for which he or she is not licensed constitutes unprofessional conduct.\n(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a physician and surgeon from using the designations specified in this section if he or she has been issued a retired license under Section 2439.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 5. Medicine [2000. - 2529.8.1.]","ARTICLE 12. Enforcement [2220. - 2319.]"],"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":"fefd2ef0715f8fe98a415ca7e1c7278c559442f8a0d2e10d823a52ffe82a09d0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-2273","next":"us-ca/bpc-2275"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}