BILL NUMBER: AB 367	CHAPTERED  08/30/05

	CHAPTER  144
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 30, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 30, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nakanishi

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2005

   An act to amend Section 2083 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to physicians and surgeons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 367, Nakanishi  Physician and surgeon's fee waiver.
   Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure
and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of
California. Under the act, an applicant for a physician and surgeon's
certificate is required to submit a fee payment with his or her
application. The act waives this requirement for the renewal of a
certificate if the applicant certifies to the board that the renewal
is for the sole purpose of providing voluntary, unpaid service in
specified settings.
   This bill would also waive the application fee for the initial
issuance of a physician and surgeon's certificate if the applicant
makes this same certification to the board.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 2083 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2083.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each application
for a certificate shall be accompanied by the fee required by this
chapter and shall be filed with the Division of Licensing.
   (b) The license fee shall be waived for a physician and surgeon
who certifies to the Medical Board of California that the issuance of
the license or the renewal of the license is for the sole purpose of
providing voluntary, unpaid service to a public agency,
not-for-profit agency, institution, or corporation that provides
medical services to indigent patients in medically underserved or
critical-need population areas of the state.