{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-582","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 582","heading":"","body":"No person, company, or association shall use or attempt to use any diploma, certificate, transcript, or any other writing which has been purchased, fraudulently issued, illegally obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered, either as a certificate or as to character or color of certificate, to practice as a physician and surgeon, podiatrist, osteopathic physician, or a chiropractor, or to practice any other system or mode of treating the sick or afflicted, as provided in the Medical Practice Act, Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) or to practice as any other licentiate under this division.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 2. HEALING ARTS [500. - 4999.202.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [500. - 865.2.]","ARTICLE 4. Frauds of Medical Records [580. - 585.]"],"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":"23ea77f98fd3d48e111691bb34c848ab9c5e02f42b713f5805683f89b862bf7f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-581","next":"us-ca/bpc-583"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}