BILL NUMBER: AB 139	CHAPTERED  07/30/07

	CHAPTER  158
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 30, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 30, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 16, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 20, 2007
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 10, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bass
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Maze)

                        JANUARY 16, 2007

   An act to amend Section 12517.2 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 139, Bass. Vehicles: schoolbus drivers: medical examinations.
   Existing law requires an applicant for an original or renewal
certificate to drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth
bus, general public paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle to
submit to the Department of Motor Vehicles a report of a medical
physician's examination of the applicant given not more than 2 years
prior to the application date.
   This bill would authorize the medical examination to be given by a
licensed advanced practice registered nurse qualified to perform a
medical examination, or a licensed physician assistant.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12517.2 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:

   12517.2.  (a) Applicants for an original or renewal certificate to
drive a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, youth bus, general
public paratransit vehicle, or farm labor vehicle shall submit a
report of a medical examination of the applicant given not more than
two years prior to the date of the application by a physician
licensed to practice medicine, a licensed advanced practice
registered nurse qualified to perform a medical examination, or a
licensed physician assistant. The report shall be on a form approved
by the department, the Federal Highway Administration, or the Federal
Aviation Administration.
   (b) Schoolbus drivers, within the same month of reaching 65 years
of age and each 12th month thereafter, shall undergo a medical
examination, pursuant to Section 12804.9, and shall submit a report
of that medical examination on a form as specified in subdivision
(a).