BILL NUMBER: AB 327	CHAPTERED  09/22/05

	CHAPTER  293
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 22, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member De La Torre

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2005

   An act to add Section 2435.2 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to physicians and surgeons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 327, De La Torre  Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan
Repayment Program: fees.
   Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Steven M.
Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program in the Division of
Licensing of the Medical Board of California. Under existing law, the
program provides financial incentives, as specified, to a physician
and surgeon for practicing in a medically underserved community.
Existing law creates the Medically Underserved Account for the
purposes of the program in the Contingent Fund of the Medical Board
of California.
   This bill would require the board to assess an applicant a $50 fee
for the issuance and renewal of a physician and surgeon's
certificate. The bill would specify that payment of the fee is
voluntary and would direct the deposit of the fees received by the
board into the Medically Underserved Account for the Steven M.
Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2435.2 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2435.2.   (a) In addition to the fees charged for the initial
issuance or biennial renewal of a physician and surgeon's certificate
pursuant to Section 2435, and at the time those fees are charged,
the board shall charge each applicant or renewing licensee an
additional fifty-dollar ($50) fee for the purposes of this section.
   (b) Payment of this fifty-dollar ($50) fee shall be voluntary, and
shall be paid at the time of application for initial licensure or
biennial renewal. The fifty-dollar ($50) fee shall be due and payable
along with the fee for the initial certificate or biennial renewal.

   (c) The board shall transfer all funds collected pursuant to this
section, on a monthly basis, to the Medically Underserved Account
created by Section 2154.4 for the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps
Loan Repayment Program.