BILL NUMBER: AB 1267	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  169
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 3, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 3, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 5, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 11, 2011
	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, 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
after receiving notice that the physician and surgeon is no longer
incarcerated, as specified, and would require the board to adopt
regulations in this regard.


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 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.