Section 2053.5.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who complies with the requirements of Section 2053.6 shall not be in violation of Section 2051 or 2052 unless that person does any of the following:

(1)  Conducts surgery or any other procedure on another person that punctures the skin or harmfully invades the body.

(2)  Administers or prescribes X-ray radiation to another person.

(3)  Prescribes or administers legend drugs or controlled substances to another person.

(4)  Recommends the discontinuance of legend drugs or controlled substances prescribed by an appropriately licensed practitioner.

(5)  Willfully diagnoses and treats a physical or mental condition of any person under circumstances or conditions that cause or create a risk of great bodily harm, serious physical or mental illness, or death.

(6) Sets fractures.

(7) Treats lacerations or abrasions through electrotherapy.

(8)  Holds out, states, indicates, advertises, or implies to a client or prospective client that he or she is a physician, a surgeon, or a physician and surgeon.

(b) A person who advertises any services that are not unlawful under Section 2051 or 2052 pursuant to subdivision (a) shall disclose in the advertisement that he or she is not licensed by the state as a healing arts practitioner.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 621, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2006.)