BILL NUMBER: AB 2386	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gilmore and Cook

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 714 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to the Armed Forces.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2386, as introduced, Gilmore. Armed Forces: medical personnel.
   Existing federal law authorizes a health care professional, as
defined, to practice his or her health profession in any state or
territory without licensure by that state if he or she has a current
license to practice the health profession and is performing
authorized duties for the Department of Defense.
   Existing state law provides that no board that licenses dentists,
physicians and surgeons, podiatrists, or nurses may require a person
to obtain a California license to practice his or her profession in
this state if the person is employed by, or has a contract with, the
federal government and is rendering services in a facility of the
government or the person is practicing as part of a program or
project conducted by the federal government which, by federal
statute, exempts persons in the program from state licensure, as
specified.
   This bill would authorize a hospital to enter into an agreement
with the Armed Forces of the United States to authorize a physician
and surgeon or registered nurse to provide medical care in the
hospital if the health care professional holds a valid license in
good standing in another state or territory, the medical care is
provided as part of a training or educational program designed to
further the employment of the health care professional, and the
agreement complies with federal law. The bill would exempt those
health care professionals from licensure or relicensure by the State
of California.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 714 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   714.  (a) A hospital may enter into an agreement with the Armed
Forces of the United States to authorize a physician and surgeon or
registered nurse to provide medical care in the hospital if all of
the following apply:
   (1) The physician and surgeon or registered nurse holds a valid
license in good standing to provide medical care in the District of
Columbia or any state or territory of the United States.
   (2) The medical care is provided as part of a training or
educational program designed to further the employment of the
physician and surgeon or registered nurse.
   (3) The agreement complies with Section 1094 of Title 10 of the
United States Code and any regulations or guidelines adopted pursuant
to that section.
   (b) If an agreement is entered into pursuant to subdivision (a),
no board under this division that licenses physicians and surgeons or
registered nurses may require a person under subdivision (a) to
obtain or maintain any license to practice his or her profession or
render services in the State of California.