BILL NUMBER: AB 1267	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 9, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Halderman

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 2236.2 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to medicine.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1267, as amended, Halderman. Physicians and surgeons:
certificate.
   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 that a physician and surgeon's
certificate be suspended automatically when the holder of the
certificate is incarcerated after a felony conviction.
   This bill would require that a physician and surgeon's certificate
be automatically placed on inactive status during any period of
incarceration after a misdemeanor conviction. The bill would require
the reason for this type of inactive status to be disclosed, as
specified.  The bill would require a certificate placed on
inactive status to be returned by the board to its prior or
appropriate status, as specified, and   would  
require the board to adopt regulations in this regard. 
   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 2236.2 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2236.2.  (a) Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section
700) of Chapter 1 of Division 2 or any other provision of law, a
physician and surgeon's certificate shall be automatically placed on
inactive status during any period of time that the holder of the
certificate is incarcerated after conviction of a misdemeanor.
   (b) A physician and surgeon's certificate placed on inactive
status pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be returned by the board to
its prior or appropriate status within five business days of
receiving notice  from the Attorney General  that
the physician and surgeon is no longer incarcerated. The board
shall adopt regulations that specify the type of notice required to
be submitted to the board. 
   (c) The reason for the inactive status described in subdivision
(a) shall be disclosed on the board's Internet Web site.