BILL NUMBER: AB 2427	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2008
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 19, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Eng

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2008

   An act to amend Section 460 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to professions and vocations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2427, Eng. Professions and vocations.
   Existing law makes it unlawful for a city or county to prohibit a
person, authorized by one of the agencies of the Department of
Consumer Affairs to engage in a particular business, from engaging in
that business, occupation, or profession or any portion thereof.
   This bill would also make it unlawful for a city or county or city
and county to prohibit a healing arts licensee from engaging in any
act or performing any procedure that falls within the professionally
recognized scope of practice of that licensee, but would prohibit
construing this provision to prohibit the enforcement of a local
ordinance effective prior to January 1, 2009, as specified, or to
prohibit local time, manner, or place of business operations
regulations.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 460 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   460.  (a) No city or county shall prohibit a person or group of
persons, authorized by one of the agencies in the Department of
Consumer Affairs by a license, certificate, or other such means to
engage in a particular business, from engaging in that business,
occupation, or profession or any portion thereof.
   (b) No city or county or city and county shall prohibit a healing
arts professional licensed with the state under Division 2
(commencing with Section 500) from engaging in any act or performing
any procedure that falls within the professionally recognized scope
of practice of that licensee.
   (1) Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit any city, county,
or city and county from regulating the time, manner, or place of
business operations of a healing arts professional licensed under
Division 2 (commencing with Section 500).
   (2) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to prohibit the
enforcement of a local ordinance effective prior to January 1, 2009,
related to any act or procedure that falls within the professionally
recognized scope of practice of a healing arts professional licensed
under Division 2 (commencing with Section 500).
   (c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any city or county or
city and county from levying a business license tax solely for
revenue purposes, nor any city or county from levying a license tax
solely for the purpose of covering the cost of regulation.