Cal. Code Regs. tit. 4 § 830

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section 830 - Definitions

As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) "Gender Identity" is an individual's internal, deeply-felt sense of being male or female. Everyone has a gender identity, which may or may not correspond to a person's designated sex at birth.

(b) "Transgender" individuals are people with a gender identity that is different from their designated sex at birth. A transgender male is a person who lives and identifies as a male, but whose designated sex at birth was female. A transgender female is a person who lives and identifies as female, but whose designated sex at birth was male.

(c) "Gender Dysphoria" refers to the condition in the United States diagnostic manual (DSM-5 2013). Gender Dysphoria is characterized by intense and persistent discomfort with one's sex characteristics--one's designated sex at birth.

(d) "Health Care Provider" includes any licensed doctor of medicine (M.D.) or osteopathy (D.O.) in good standing and authorized to practice medicine or surgery in their respective jurisdiction, as well as nurse practitioners or physician's assistants in good standing and authorized to practice and practicing consistent with the laws governing their respective scope of their practice in the jurisdiction in which they are licensed.

(e) "State-licensed physician or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine" means a licensed doctor of medicine (M.D.) or osteopathy (D.O.) in good standing and authorized to practice under state law and practicing consistent with the laws governing their respective scope of practice in the state in which they are licensed.

(f) "Hormone" means a member of a class of signaling molecules produced by glands in the body that are transported in the blood stream to certain targeted organs to regulate physiology and behavior. Among other things, hormones can regulate or augment mood, weight and strength.

(g) "Application" refers to the Application for Professional Athlete (Form No. PA003, revised 07/15, Incorporated by Reference).

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 4, § 830

1. New chapter 6, article 1 (sections 830-836) and section filed 9-15-2016; operative 1-1-2017 (Register 2016, No. 38).

Note: Authority cited: Section 18611, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 18640, 18642, 18648, 18660, 18661, 18711 and 18712, Business and Professions Code.

1. New chapter 6, article 1 (sections 830-836) and section filed 9-15-2016; operative 1/1/2017 (Register 2016, No. 38).