Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing shall preclude a physician and surgeon from prescribing the use of a phototherapy device to a patient of any age. For purposes of this section, the term “phototherapy device” shall have the same meaning as in Section 22702.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 664, Sec. 1. (SB 746) Effective January 1, 2012.)