BILL NUMBER: SB 1332 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 6, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Senator Dutton
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to amend Section 395 of the Fish and Game Code,
relating to falconry. An act to add Section 107046 to
the Health and Safety Code, relating to radiologic technology, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immedia
tely.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1332, as amended, Dutton. Birds-of-prey.
Radiologic technology.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
approve schools for radiologic technologists that, in the judgment of
the department, will provide instruction adequate to prepare
individuals to meet requirements for certification as radiologic
technologists under the Radiologic Technology Act. Existing law also
requires the department to adopt reasonable standards for approved
schools, for procedures for obtaining and maintaining approval, and
for revocation of approval where standards are not maintained.
Existing law authorizes the department, when approving a school
for radiologic technologists, to take into consideration
accreditation, approval, or certification of the school by other
agencies or organizations if the department finds that accreditation,
approval, or certification was granted on the basis of standards
that will afford the same protection to the public as the standards
provided by the Radiologic Technology Act or the regulations adopted
pursuant thereto.
This bill would require the department, when approving a school
for radiologic technologists, to approve a school that it determines
has met the requirements in a specified document published by the
Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Existing law authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to adopt
regulations for the possession or training, and the capture,
importation, exportation, or intrastate transfer, of birds in the
orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) used in the
practice of falconry. Existing law authorizes the commission to
authorize the issuance and provide for the revocation of licenses and
permits to persons for the practice of falconry.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
Vote: majority 2/3 . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: no yes .
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and
declares all of the following:
(a) State regulations and standards on the teaching of radiologic
technologists and accreditation of radiologic technology schools are
outdated and may not offer adequate protection to the public.
(b) Radiologic technology schools should be allowed to continue
teaching students as long as they are accredited by an agency
recognized by the federal Department of Education to accredit
education programs in radiography and radiation therapy.
(c) The standards, curriculum requirements, and teaching methods
prescribed in the Standards for an Accredited Education Program in
Radiologic Sciences, as revised in 2001, published by the Joint
Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology are determined
to afford the same protections to the public as provided by
California law and regulations.
(d) Implementation of this act will not require regulations
because, during the last 10 years, the department has, in lieu of
developing a department accreditation process, approved the
radiologic technology program accredited by the Joint Review
Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
(e) This act is not intended to limit the ability of the State
Department of Public Health to review and inspect materials provided
by schools for accreditation under the Joint Review Committee on
Education in Radiologic Technology program.
(f) This act is not intended to limit the ability of the State
Department of Public Health to inspect teaching site locations or
other documents with respect to the state licensing of equipment or
training personnel.
SEC. 2. Section 107046 is added to the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
107046. Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall
approve schools for radiologic technologists that meet the Standards
for an Accredited Education Program in Radiologic Sciences, published
by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology,
as they exist on January 1, 2010.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to protect the health and safety of patients and to
enable radiologic technology schools to accept students in programs
for the 2010-11 fall semester, it is necessary for this act to take
effect immediately.
SECTION 1. Section 395 of the Fish and Game
Code is amended to read:
395. (a) The commission may adopt regulations for the possession
or training, and the capture, importation, exportation, or intrastate
transfer, of any bird species in the orders Falconiformes and
Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) used in the practice of falconry and may
authorize the issuance, and provide for the revocation, of licenses
and permits to persons for the practice of falconry.
(b) It is unlawful to capture, possess, or train any bird in the
orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) in the practice
of falconry without procuring a falconry license.