Upon referral from the division, the Senior Assistant Attorney General of the Health Quality Enforcement Section shall initiate action against any licensee who obtains a certificate by fraud or misrepresentation, including a reciprocity certificate which is based upon a certificate or license obtained by fraud or mistake. The division shall take action against any licensee whose certificate was issued by mistake.

(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1597, Sec. 17.)

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 2235

  • certificate: as used in this chapter are deemed to be synonomous. See California Business and Professions Code 2040
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
  • licensee: as used in this chapter means the holder of a physician's and surgeon's certificate or doctor of podiatric medicine's certificate, as the case may be, who is engaged in the professional practice authorized by the certificate under the jurisdiction of the appropriate board. See California Business and Professions Code 2041