{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1205","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1205","heading":"","body":"Except as provided in Section 1206, no person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or public agency shall operate, establish, manage, conduct or maintain a clinic in this state without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in this chapter; nor shall any such person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or public agency provide any special service without obtaining a special permit therefor. However, any licensed clinic offering any service which is later designated by regulation of the state department as a special service shall be allowed to continue offering such service until the state department evaluates the quality of such service and issues a special permit therefor or notifies the licensee that it is not eligible for a special permit and must cease and desist from offering such service.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 1. Clinics [1200. - 1245.]","ARTICLE 1. Definitions and General Provisions [1200. - 1210.]"],"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":"d4d2e276abed437f4d3c5e8c6cbc996ed2a84d928d74370a34e271fc27f97daa","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1204.5","next":"us-ca/hsc-1205.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}