BILL NUMBER: AB 2268	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 11223 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to alcohol and drug abuse.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2268, Chesbro. Alcohol and drug abuse.
   Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires any narcotic
controlled substance employed in treating an addict for addiction to
be administered by a physician and surgeon, a registered nurse acting
under the instruction of a physician and surgeon, or a licensed
physician assistant acting under the patient-specific authority of
his or her physician and surgeon supervisor, as specified. Existing
law prohibits a person from treating an addict for addiction to a
narcotic drug except in specified locations, including, a facility
licensed by the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, as
specified.
   Existing law restricts the amounts of certain controlled
substances that a physician treating an addict for addiction may
prescribe for or furnish to the addict during each day of treatment,
as specified.
   Existing federal law requires a practitioner, including a
physician and surgeon, who dispenses narcotics to individuals for
maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment to annually
register with the federal Attorney General for that purpose. Under
existing federal law, this requirement is waived if specified
circumstances exist.
   This bill would authorize a physician and surgeon who is
registered with the federal Attorney General pursuant to the
above-described federal law to provide treatment for addiction
pursuant to this federal law.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11223 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   11223.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a physician
and surgeon who is registered with the federal Attorney General
pursuant to Section 823(g) of Title 21 of the United States Code may
provide treatment for addiction pursuant to this federal law.