BILL NUMBER: AB 536	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 7, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ma

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 2027.1 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to physicians and surgeons.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 536, as amended, Ma. Physicians and surgeons.
   Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure
and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of
California. Existing law requires the board to post certain
information on the Internet regarding licensed physicians and
surgeons, including, but not limited to, felony convictions, certain
misdemeanor convictions, and whether or not a licensee is in good
standing. Existing law requires that specified information remain
posted for 10 years and prohibits the removal of certain other
information.
   This bill would require the board to remove expunged misdemeanor
or felony convictions posted pursuant to those provisions within 90
days of receiving a  certified  copy of the expungement
order from the licensee.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 2027.1 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2027.1.  Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 2027, the
board shall remove an expunged misdemeanor or felony conviction
posted pursuant to Section 2027 within 90 days of receiving a 
certified  copy of the expungement order from the licensee.